| 1 | !!Appeared in RINGS Japan |
| 2 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/logo_rings200001_new_2.PNG]] |
| 3 | [[caption-width-right:350:Free Fighters Here!]] |
| 4 | !!!Peter Aerts |
| 5 | -->''"Aerts has never refused to fight against any powerhouse."'' |
| 6 | -->-- Sadaharu Tanikawa, president of Fighting and Entertainment Group. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The only 3 people who has 2 wins over Aerts who was never beaten by him were Francisco Filho, Stefan Leko, and Alistair Overeem. |
| 9 | * TheApprentice: To Mikki Benazzouz, Eddy Smulders, Thom Harinck, Andre Mannaart and Jan Plas. |
| 10 | * BadassFamily: Had a grandfather and uncle who were boxers. His father was a real lumberjack. |
| 11 | * BadassTeacher: Has his own UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} team. |
| 12 | * CripplingOverSpecialization: Exploited in his MMA matches as he never really had any groundfighting training. |
| 13 | * DefeatingTheUndefeatable: He beat the previously undefeated Frank "The Animal" Lobman, a guy that beat both Creator/BasRutten and Wrestling/KenShamrock in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}. |
| 14 | * FourIsDeath: Was part of the "K-1 Shitenno" with Andy Hug, Ernesto Hoost and Mike Bernardo. |
| 15 | * GuestFighter: Had one UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} match against Adam Watt in RINGS. |
| 16 | * HeroKiller: Has beaten guys like Ernesto Hoost, Maurice Smith, Adam Watt, Pat Smith, Rob van Esdonk, Frank Lobman, Masaaki Satake, Sam Greco, Jérôme Le Banner, Toshiyuki Atokawa, Hubert Numrich, Andy Hug, James Warring, Musashi, Cyril Abidi, Jerrel Venetiaan, Glaube Feitosa, Gary Goodridge, Semmy Schilt, Mighty Mo, Wrestling/BobSapp, Remy Bonjasky, Mike Bernardo, etc. |
| 17 | * [[KickChick Kick Dude]]: Well known for his high kicks. |
| 18 | * IKnowKarate: A 6th dan black belt in Kyokushin and a multiple time champion in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} and UsefulNotes/MuayThai. He first started with UsefulNotes/{{Taekwondo}} though. |
| 19 | * NumberOfTheBeast: Knowing that Mike Bernardo was a very religious Christian, Aerts came into the ring with "666" written on his lumberjack shirt and shorts during their final bout together. |
| 20 | * RealSongThemeTune: Used T99's "Anasthasia" in RINGS. |
| 21 | * RedBaron: "The Dutch Lumberjack", "Mr. K-1", "The King of High Kicks", "20 Seiki Saikyō no Bōkun" ("The Strongest Tyrant of the 20th Century"). |
| 22 | * TeenGenius: Debuted as a pro kickboxer at the ImprobableAge of 15 and won his first world title at 19. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | !!!Lloyd Berg |
| 25 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman. |
| 26 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: As well as UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}. |
| 27 | * {{Jobber}}: Technically he fought Ryuki Ueyama to a draw. |
| 28 | |
| 29 | !!!Paul Cahoon |
| 30 | -->''"He (Joop Kasteel) had been speaking to Golden Glory at the time about finding an opponent, but they couldn’t agree on anyone, so they offered him ‘The English Guy.’ He had already beaten Lee Hasdell at this point, so didn’t think much of us Brits, but I took the fight and ended up winning. It’s still probably my favorite fight and earned me a reputation in Holland as being a crazy guy."'' |
| 31 | |
| 32 | * EvilBrit: He actually British, but trained in Holland instead of under Lee Hasdell. Is currently wanted by police for allegedly leading a Liverpool-based drug gang. |
| 33 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Boxing]]: Trained in this before starting MMA. He also trained at the Golden Glory gym for MMA and trained in UsefulNotes/CatchWrestling and was a British national amateur wrestling champion under Roy Wood at the Snake Pit in Wigan. |
| 34 | * RedBaron: "Boom Boom" "The British Bulldog". |
| 35 | |
| 36 | !!!Carlos Dieke |
| 37 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman. |
| 38 | * BadassFamily: His dad Jan Dieke was also a wrestler and sambist and was good friends with Chris Dolman. |
| 39 | * HiddenDepths: Seems to own a motel near the Red Light District in Amsterdam. |
| 40 | * IKnowKarate: Amateur Wrestling as well as UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}. |
| 41 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 42 | * LeotardOfPower: An amateur wrestling one. |
| 43 | |
| 44 | !!!Peter Dijkman |
| 45 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman. |
| 46 | * CombatReferee: Doubled as one in RINGS. |
| 47 | * IKnowKarate: A 2 time Kyokushin European champion. He also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} and UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}. |
| 48 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: Was one of the shorter members of the team, just slightly above Willie Peeters. |
| 49 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name is sometimes written as Pieter Dykman. |
| 50 | |
| 51 | !!!Eric Edlenbos |
| 52 | * AlliterativeName |
| 53 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman. |
| 54 | * BrattyHalfPint: Was quite short at 5ft 8 and was about 76kg when he fought in RINGS. |
| 55 | * IKnowKarate: UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} as well as amateur wrestling, UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}, and UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}. |
| 56 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 57 | |
| 58 | !!!Rob van Esdonk |
| 59 | -->''"I like all kinds of fights, it doesn’t matter to me. Today I do Thai Boxing with Rene Rooze, but if they ask me to do free fight, and I can train a few months before, I do free fight."'' |
| 60 | |
| 61 | * TheApprentice: To Johan Vos, Ivan Hippolyte, Thom Harinck, Jan Plas, Piet van Deutekom, Michel van Halderen, Henny Mandemakers, Hennie Toonen, Hector Roca, Remco Pardoel and Chris Dolman. |
| 62 | * IKnowKarate: Trained in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} at many gyms like Vos Gym, Mejiro Gym, Chakuriki Gym and Van Deutekom Gym and was a 2 time European champion. He also trained in boxing and UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}. |
| 63 | * RedBaron: "The Absolute Knockouter", "De Burgemeester van Den Bosch". |
| 64 | |
| 65 | !!!Ruud Ewoldt |
| 66 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman and Toon Stelling. |
| 67 | * CoolTeacher: Has his own gym called Discipline. |
| 68 | * IKnowKarate: Trained in this, was a 1985 Dutch national champion in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and also took 2nd place in the European Championships. He also trained in amateur wrestling, UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} and barokai. |
| 69 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 70 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Was introduced as Rudy Ewoldt in Japan. |
| 71 | * StoutStrength |
| 72 | |
| 73 | !!!Kenneth Felter |
| 74 | * TheApprentice: To Gerard Gordeau. |
| 75 | * CoolTeacher: Is now a personal trainer and has his own gym; easyFit Felter Leiderdorp. |
| 76 | * GuestFighter: Came for a UsefulNotes/MuayThai match against at Bob Schrijber. |
| 77 | * IKnowKarate: Competed in the 4th UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} World Cup. He trained at the Kamakura Dojo and also trained and competed in UsefulNotes/{{Taekwondo}}, Savate, UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} and UsefulNotes/MuayThai. |
| 78 | |
| 79 | !!!Ricardo Fyeet |
| 80 | -->''"Fyeet was making his RINGS debut and he's the most colorful fighter this organization has brought over in years. He's a kickboxer from Holland, who looks, if you can imagine this, like a cross between Sweet Daddy Siki with the bleached hair, and the late Lonnie Mayne or Dick Brower because of the crazy eyes. He has great charisma and good hand speed and packs a very strong punch. However, he's still very inexperienced on the ground and you can't consistently win at this game lacking ground skill. Since he's only 23, he has potential and quite frankly, he has a natural charisma as he connected with the crowd like only the top level pro wrestlers, and look to, where if someone would get a hold of him, he probably would be more successful at traditional pro wrestling than anything, although he'd have to add some mass to his 206 pound frame, but he's got the height and frame to where he could do that pretty easily."'' |
| 81 | -->-- Dave Meltzer |
| 82 | |
| 83 | * ADayInTheLimeLight: Won his first match in the 1999 King of Kings tournament against Robert Tyrone, but then lost in 8 seconds to Wrestling/AndreiKopylov. |
| 84 | * TheApprentice: To John and Christian Tulis, Cor Hemmers, Dave Jonkers, Bert Kops Jr, Milton Felter, and Mike Passenier. |
| 85 | * AxCrazy: He has the look down at least. |
| 86 | * BashBrothers: His brother Andre is also a kickboxer and MMA fighter. |
| 87 | * BeardOfEvil: A dyed blonde goatee actually. |
| 88 | * TheBerserker: A very aggressive fighter, referees had to throw him off his opponents to make him stop. |
| 89 | * CoolTeacher: Has his own school; Team Fyeet. |
| 90 | * DeathGlare: He usually circles and gets in his opponent's face with one during match introductions. |
| 91 | * DelinquentHair: Shaves part of his head, leaving some hair at the back of his head, then dyes it in the shape of a skull. |
| 92 | * EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In his first 2 fights in RINGS Holland, he actually waits in his corner during match introductions and even fist bumps with his opponents before the fights begin. He always was TheBerserker though, with his dyed blond goatee. |
| 93 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: It was his fight against Jerrel Venetiaan at RINGS Holland: The Kings of the Magic Ring show is where he displayed his AxCrazy mannerisms and the skull at the back of his head. |
| 94 | * [[FakeUltimateHero Fake Ultimate Villain]]: Looked like he was AxCrazy, was incredibly imposing as he would stare down his opponents and walk around them like he was a predator stalking his prey during match introductions, was a good enough striker that few people were willing to trade strikes with him and was billed in Japan as Holland's secret weapon. Then he lost to a debuting Alistair Overeem and got submitted by Wrestling/AndreiKopylov in 8 seconds which destroyed that image. |
| 95 | * {{Foil}}: Was comparable to Dick Vrij, both were hard hitting Dutch kickboxers, were intimidating presences in the ring, but were later exposed as not being at good as hyped up to be and lacked grappling talent. While Vrij was a [[MightyGlacier Big, Strong]], [[HeroicBuild Chiseled]], {{Stoic}}, white ArrogantKungFuGuy, who looked like a Terminator, Fyeet was an AxCrazy, [[TheBerserker Berserking]], LeanAndMean, ScaryBlackMan, who acted like a predator with his prey. Even their nicknames contrast each other, Vrij was the "Cyborg" and Fyeet was "The Animal". |
| 96 | ** Was also one to Gilbert Yvel as they both have backgrounds in UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} and UsefulNotes/MuayThai, had very aggressive and wild fighting styles, were Dutch [[ScaryBlackMan Scary Black Men]], and both even trained under Bert Kops Jr for grappling (not that they really gained anything out of that). The differences between them are Fyeet’s lack of success in MMA compared to Yvel’s, Fyeet’s DelinquentHair versus Yvel’s BaldOfEvil, and in their behaviors; Fyeet was called "The Animal" as he like to intimate his opponents by acting like predator stalking his prey before the fight starts, while Yvel was called "The Hurricane" as he didn’t try to intimate his opponents because he didn’t care if they were or not, he just wanted to kick their heads in. |
| 97 | * GoForTheEye: Tried to eye gouge Tyrone Roberts in the first round of the 1999 King of Kings tournament. |
| 98 | * IKnowKarate: Started at the age of six then switched to UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} and UsefulNotes/MuayThai at age 17 at places like Matuari Gym, Golden Glory and Mike's Gym. He also trained for grappling at Sportcentrum KOPS, though he didn't get much out of it. |
| 99 | * LeanAndMean |
| 100 | * OneHitKill: Suffered one by Wrestling/AndreiKopylov. |
| 101 | * RedBaron: "The Animal", "Holland no Himitsu Heiki" ("Holland's Secret Weapon"). |
| 102 | * ScaryBlackMan: He puts in more effort to invoke this trope than most. |
| 103 | * ShockingDefeatLegacy: His loss to Wrestling/AndreiKopylov in 8 seconds is the most well known thing about his MMA career. |
| 104 | * UnskilledButStrong: Was mostly a pure kickboxer with his grappling skills limited to keeping the fight standing and when on the ground, holding on until the referee returns the fight to standing. |
| 105 | |
| 106 | !!!Marcel Haarmans |
| 107 | * EightiesHair: Very close to a mullet. |
| 108 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman. |
| 109 | * DemotedToExtra: Started as a fighter, but for some reason he stopped and usually appeared as a cornerman for Chris Dolman’s matches. |
| 110 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Sambo]]: A 1990 Dutch national champion, a 1991 Dutch freeestyle wrestling national champion and also knew UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}. |
| 111 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 112 | * RedBaron: "Dolman no Hizokko"("Dolman's Treasured Child"). |
| 113 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is sometimes listed as Marcell Haarmans. |
| 114 | |
| 115 | !!!Erik van der Hoven |
| 116 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman. |
| 117 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: A Dutch national junior champion. |
| 118 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 119 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name was spelt as Eric van der Hoeven in RINGS. |
| 120 | |
| 121 | !!!Rob Kaman |
| 122 | -->''"In my eyes Rob Kaman is the best kick boxer that the Netherlands ever had."'' |
| 123 | -->-- Dick Vrij |
| 124 | |
| 125 | * TheApprentice: To Jan Plas. |
| 126 | * BadassTeacher: Has trained guys like Bob Schrijber, Brandon Vera, Jason Miller, etc. He also does seminars and has video instructional series. |
| 127 | * GuestFighter: Had a RINGS match against Nobuaki Kakuda in 1992 and a UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} match against Masaaki Satake. |
| 128 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Ramon Dekkers. Kaman was at ringside during many of Dekkers' matches, including his farewell fight. They often trained together and became good friends. Dekkers and Kaman were dubbed by fight fans in Thailand as "The Double Dutch Duo". |
| 129 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: A 9 time world champion in this and UsefulNotes/MuayThai. He first started with Pentjak Silat though. |
| 130 | * OddFriendship: With Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme and has appeared in some of his movies. |
| 131 | * RedBaron: "The Dutchman", "Hammerkick", "Mr Low Kick", "Kikku no Teiō" ("Kick Emperor"). |
| 132 | * WorthyOpponent: He considered all the Thai fighters he faced to be his toughest opponents, Ernest Hoost was the smartest, and Peter Smit was the craziest. He also thinks this of Rick Roufous, when fighting under ISKA rules. |
| 133 | |
| 134 | !!!Joop van Kasteel |
| 135 | -->''"Kasteel, who looks like a huge bodybuilder, outweighed Tamura by 77 pounds, 266 to 189. Even more than the Hans Nyman and Bitzsade Tariel matches, the size difference looked huge because Kasteel is a bodybuilder while the other two are simply big fat guys fighting a very small but muscular foe."'' |
| 136 | -->-- Dave Meltzer |
| 137 | |
| 138 | -->''"Early on, the UFC was obsessed with finding a marketable fighter. They wanted someone who looked like a fighter people would see on late night television martial arts movies. That desire wasn't limited to American fight promotions. The Japanese were always on the lookout for great-looking guys as well, men to wear what the fighters in Japan called "banana hammocks," the tiny Speedos that helped draw in the female fans. Pancrase had the Lion's Den guys and Bas Rutten, but Rings, frankly, had too many big, hairy, and ugly foreign fighters. Chris Doleman, Volk Han, and Andrei Kopilov were great pioneers of the sport, but not much to look at. Enter Joop Kasteel. A body builder from the Rhino Gym in Holland, Kasteel had the look that Doleman needed for the Japanese shows. He had almost no fighting experience, but he was big and he was strong. He was also a fast learner, developing the skills he needed to compete with experienced fighters in Japan. He was good enough to earn two title shots in Rings, losing to both Kiyoshi Tamura and Gilbert Yvel. In his final fight, Kasteel earned gold for the first time, beating the ubiquitous Dan Severn for a now forgotten European heavyweight title."'' |
| 139 | -->-- Kasteel’s profile from the book; The MMA Encyclopedia |
| 140 | |
| 141 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman and Michel van Halderen. |
| 142 | * TheBrute: One of the strongest guys that came from RINGS Holland. |
| 143 | * BigBrotherMentor: Had two in Hans Nijman and according to Kasteel, Bob Schrijber. |
| 144 | * CharlesAtlasSuperpower: A enormously strong dude and former arm wrestling competitor. |
| 145 | * CoolTeacher: A trainer for Beverwijk Top Team. |
| 146 | * {{Foil}}: To Dick Vrij, another former bodybuilder turned fighter, unlike Vrij though Kasteel worked hard and eventually got good in shootfighting and MMA. |
| 147 | * GlassCannon: A cardio example as his background in UsefulNotes/{{Bodybuilding}} didn't involve cardio. |
| 148 | * GroinAttack: Received one in his fight with Paul Varelans. |
| 149 | * HeroicBuild: Did UsefulNotes/{{Bodybuilding}} before going to RINGS. |
| 150 | * HeroKiller: Has a win against Wrestling/DanSevern. |
| 151 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}: As well as boxing and UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}. |
| 152 | * MrFanservice: Perhaps the best looking guy compared to all the other gaijin in RINGS. |
| 153 | * PowerTrio: Was part of the Netherlands team along with Dick Vrij and Hans Nijman for the World Mega Battle Tournament of 1998. |
| 154 | * RealMenWearPink: Wore pink shorts for a time. |
| 155 | * RealSongThemeTune: Briefly used "Thunderstruck" by Music/{{ACDC}} and also "Pride (In The Name Of Love)" by Music/{{U2}}. |
| 156 | * RedBaron: "De Zwarte Parel" ("The Black Pearl"). |
| 157 | * TookALevelInBadass: At first, he was basically a bodybuilder thrown into a pro wrestling ring, but he learned his holds and eventually got two title shots. |
| 158 | * UnskilledButStrong: Initially. |
| 159 | * UnstoppableForceMeetsImmovableObject: His matches with Tariel Bitsadze. |
| 160 | |
| 161 | !!!Brian Lo-A-Njoe |
| 162 | * TheApprentice: To John and Christian Tulis, Bert Kops Jr and Milton Felter. |
| 163 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at the Matuari Gym. He also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} at Sportcentrum KOPS. |
| 164 | * RedBaron: "Headhunter", "Oranda no Dainamaito Kiddo" ("Dutch Dynamite Kid"). |
| 165 | * ScaryBlackMan |
| 166 | |
| 167 | !!!Jan Lomulder |
| 168 | * TheApprentice: To Fred Royers and Thom Harinck. |
| 169 | * BadassTeacher: Now a UsefulNotes/MuayThai trainer with his own gym. He also trained Willie Peeters in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}. |
| 170 | * CombatReferee: For UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} and UsefulNotes/MuayThai matches. |
| 171 | * HeroKiller: Defeated experienced shootist Kenji Kawaguchi at Vale Tudo Japan 1994 in his MMA debut. |
| 172 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Two time Dutch champion and a five-time world champion. |
| 173 | * StartMyOwn: Holds events called Rising Sun Muay Thai Gala 2.0. |
| 174 | |
| 175 | !!!Sander [=MacKilljan=] |
| 176 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman, Hans Nijman, Michel van Halderen, and Ivan Hippolyte. |
| 177 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: As well as boxing, UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}. |
| 178 | |
| 179 | !!!Ton van Maurik |
| 180 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman. |
| 181 | * BadassFamily: Has a brother who was a boxer and wrestler and once considered fighting for RINGS. |
| 182 | * CoolTeacher: Owner of the Maurik Gym. |
| 183 | * IKnowKarate: Undefeated full-contact UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} champion. He also was an amateur boxing champion, a national UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} champion, and knew freestyle wrestling and UsefulNotes/{{Bodybuilding}}. |
| 184 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is it Ton or Tom? |
| 185 | |
| 186 | !!!Hans Nijman |
| 187 | -->''"He was just very strong and understood the [ground] game, which is good for someone who always fights straight up. But he was mostly done with collecting dots in karate. I can still remember one of his last matches in that sport. Just before he climbed the mat, he looked in my direction and gave me a wink. When the match started, he knocked his opponent down with his right fist, which is not entirely intended for that form of karate. He was disqualified, but he didn't care anymore."'' |
| 188 | -->-- Bert Kops Jr |
| 189 | |
| 190 | -->''"Ladies and gentleman! All the way from Holland! "Mr. Legs" Hans Nijman!"'' |
| 191 | -->-- Ronald Wustenberg, pre-recorded for Nijman when in Japan before his entrance music |
| 192 | |
| 193 | * AffectionateNickname: Hans is just a short form of his full first name, which is Johannes. |
| 194 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman and Michel van Halderen. |
| 195 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: Became the head of the Dutch fighters after Chris Dolman retired. |
| 196 | * BashBrothers: With Dick Vrij. He also worked with European UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} champion Ron Kuyt who was also a doorman at the coffee shop he worked at. |
| 197 | * {{Bouncer}}: Was a doorman for the renowned coffee shop, "The Bulldog" in Amsterdam. |
| 198 | * BullyingADragon: Took a few liberties in a match with Wrestling/VolkHan. Volk responded by keeping a submission locked on Nijman after he tapped out with Dick Vrij needing get in the ring and kick the Russian away to save his teammate. |
| 199 | ** While it is not known if its a work or shoot, in one match with Wrestling/YoshihisaYamamoto, Yoshihisa seemed to have tried to shoot on Nijman, as instead of starting out by feeling him out with a striking exchange like he usually begins matches, he immediately tries to take him down and submit him. It takes about 6 attempts before Nijman and his corner figure out what’s going on and a pissed off Nijman proceeds to knock Yoshihisa out shortly afterwards for his trouble. |
| 200 | * CharacterDeath: Was shot dead in a drive by in 2014. |
| 201 | * CombatPragmatist: While not as much as some of his fellow teammates, he has been known to take certain liberties with the rules if he wants to be mean. An example of his nastiness was a Kyokushin rules match against Kentaro Tanaka, where he was disqualified for punching Tanaka in the face. While Hans claimed he was aiming for the shoulder blades, one of his cornermen, Bert Kops Jr said that before he went on the mat to face Tanaka, Hans winked in his direction. |
| 202 | * CoolTeacher: Had a hand in training Joop Kasteel for MMA, had his own gym called De Meer, and was the head trainer of Beverwijk Top Team. |
| 203 | * ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Usually wore dark blue kickboxing shorts, though he sometimes wore dark red ones as well. |
| 204 | * EmbarrassingNickname: According to Joop Kasteel, Hans was apparently looked at fondly by some of the locals in Natal, Brazil and his friends called him as "De Burgemeester van Natal" ("The Mayor of Natal") as a joke. |
| 205 | * ExtremityExtremist: Was a kicking specialist, though he did have other tools, he just prefers to kick. |
| 206 | * FountainOfExpies: A few of his fellow RINGS Holland buddies have tried to perform his Nijman Geri, like Dick Vrij for example. |
| 207 | * IKnowKarate: An unspecified traditional style before he switched to Kyokushin and his achievements combined made him a 15 time Dutch national champion, two time European Champion with 3 runner-up titles, placed third in the 1984 World Karate Championships, and was also a national UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} champion. He also trained in boxing and freestyle wrestling ([[HiddenDepths he placed third in the 1989 Dutch national championships]]) and later in his career put in serious effort to learning UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}, UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} and even travelled to Brazil to learn a bit of Luta Livre with Roberto Leitao. |
| 208 | * MightyGlacier: Not the most agile of fighters, but could deliver strong and precise strikes. |
| 209 | * PerpetualFrowner: His usual expression when he is on camera. |
| 210 | * PowerTrio: Was part of the Netherlands team along with Dick Vrij and Joop van Kasteel for the World Mega Battle Tournament of 1998. |
| 211 | * RealSongThemeTune: He used several songs in his RINGS career like "Peter Gunn Theme (Live at Olympic Stadium, Montreal, 1977)" by Emerson Lake & Palmer, "Indian Blood" by Daydream, "Cold as Ice" by Foreigner, and "Aces High" by Music/IronMaiden. |
| 212 | * RedBaron: "Mister Legs", "The Bulldog from Amsterdam", "Oranda Gundan no Urabanchō" ("The Hidden Boss of the Dutch Corps"). |
| 213 | * SpectacularSpinning: Threw spinning kicks on occasion and even knocked out Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka with one. |
| 214 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Nijman? Nyman? RINGS also spelt his first name as Hanse for some reason. |
| 215 | * UnskilledButStrong: He was mostly a kickboxer, but his striking was fearsome, and [[TookALevelInBadass he later put effort in learning about grappling to defend against it at the least]]. |
| 216 | * UrExample: He was the first person in showing the downward roundhouse kick which would later be popularized as "the Brazilian Kick" by Glaube Feitosa. Nijman called it "Nijman Geri" and used it as a double feint, though once actually injured Wrestling/MitsuyaNagai with it. |
| 217 | |
| 218 | !!!Henk Numan |
| 219 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman. |
| 220 | * CombatReferee: Doubled as a RINGS Holland referee. |
| 221 | * IKnowKarate: A bronze medalist in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} in the 1979 world championships and the 1980 Olympics. He also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} and won a bronze at the 1981 World Sambo Championships. |
| 222 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 223 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Was once introduced as Henk Nieman. |
| 224 | |
| 225 | !!!Pieter Oele |
| 226 | * TheApprentice: To Cees van der Velden and Chris Dolman. |
| 227 | * GeniusBruiser: Was a lawyer by profession. |
| 228 | * HiddenDepths: Is apparently an excellent piano player. |
| 229 | * IKnowKarate: A 1988 Dutch heavyweight UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} champion. He later trained in amateur wrestling and UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}. |
| 230 | * PurpleIsPowerful: Usually wore purple UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} shorts. |
| 231 | * RedBaron: "Tatakau Bengoshi"("Fighting Lawyer"). |
| 232 | |
| 233 | !!!Frederik van Oosterom |
| 234 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman. |
| 235 | * CoolTeacher: A grappling trainer at Mike's Gym. |
| 236 | * IKnowKarate: An accomplished UsefulNotes/{{judo}}ka. |
| 237 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 238 | * TheMedic: Doubled as a ring doctor for RINGS Holland. He is also a trained plastic surgeon. |
| 239 | * RedBaron: "The Real Fighting Doctor". |
| 240 | |
| 241 | !!!Alistair Overeem |
| 242 | -->''"There is no fear. There are only two things. Trained and untrained."'' |
| 243 | |
| 244 | * ADayInTheLimelight[=/=]EarlyBirdCameo: Unusually enough, he debuted in the promotion taking part in the King of Kings 1999 tournament, but was eliminated by Yuriy Kochkine. |
| 245 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman, Lucien Carbin, Peter Hoopman, Greg Jackson, Mike Winkeljohn, Dave Jonkers, Cor Hemmers, Martin de Jong, Creator/RandyCouture, Ron Frazier, Neil Melanson, Roberto Flamingo , Robert Follis, and Dennis Davis. |
| 246 | * BashBrothers: With his real brother Valentijn. |
| 247 | * BigLittleBrother: Somewhat though Alistair's brother Valentijn has put on some muscle himself over the years. |
| 248 | * BloodKnight: Loves fighting, the fighter lifestyle and used to get into street fights when he was younger. |
| 249 | * DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: He knocked out Wrestling/KazuyukiFujita. Granted Fujita was past his prime when it happened. |
| 250 | * FutureBadass: He would amass a 12 wins streak after his tenure in RINGS and would become one of the most known UFC powerhouses. |
| 251 | * GlassCannon: While not as bad as his brother, Alistair is an incredibly large and incredibly buff looking man with some of the most brutal striking in the sport and a very good grappling game all of which is offset by poor stamina, defense, and a very glassy chin. [[StrongerWithAge Ironically, after slimming down in his late 30s, Overeem seemingly fixed all those issues.]] |
| 252 | * HeroicBuild: When he moved up to the heavyweight class. |
| 253 | * HeroKiller: Has defeated names like Igor Vovchanchyn, Wrestling/KazuyukiFujita, Wrestling/BrockLesnar, Peter Aerts in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} twice, etc. |
| 254 | * HiddenDepths: He has been learning how to fly a private plane for a Private Pilot License. |
| 255 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: And UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}. He also went to Thailand to train in UsefulNotes/MuayThai, is a blue belt in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu, a green belt in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and learned Gaidojutsu at the Jackson Wink MMA Academy. |
| 256 | * JackOfAllStats: Considered one of the best rounded heavyweights in the sport, though he is mainly known for his excellence and power on the striking field. |
| 257 | * LightningBruiser: One of the fastest heavyweights in the game today. |
| 258 | * MinoredInAssKicking: Was a 2005 ADCC European Trials Winner in the 99kg class. |
| 259 | * RealSongThemeTune: "The Anthem 2004" by Sensation. |
| 260 | * RedBaron: "The Demolition Man", "The Hyper Dutch Cyclone", "Hakaimono" ("Destroyer"). |
| 261 | * ScarsAreForever: Has a scar on his left cheek from being hit with a beer bottle in a bar fight when he was 15 years old. |
| 262 | * ScaryBlackMan |
| 263 | * SignatureMove: Left knee to midsection, left body kick, and the guillotine choke. |
| 264 | * TagAlongKid: He was in RINGS basically for being Valentijn's little brother. |
| 265 | * TemptingFate: Alistair showed no respect to "Bigfoot" Silva in the weeks leading up to or during their fight. During the fight, he repeatedly dropped his hands, chin up, without regard for Silva's striking. He ended up on the receiving end of a shocking TKO in the third round after arguably winning the previous two. |
| 266 | * TheUnfettered: While not as dirty as his fellow countrymen, he does have some cheating to his name, especially in K-1 fights and fans have criticized his constant use of throws in those fights. |
| 267 | * UrExample: The only fighter to simultaneously hold three championship belts from Strikeforce, K-1 and Dream. He also is the first of only two fighters to win a world championship in MMA and UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}. |
| 268 | |
| 269 | !!!Valentijn Overeem |
| 270 | -->''"Overeem would have been considered a safe opponent for Tamura in a shoot, but nobody understood just how much he's improved and how dangerous he is. It was one of those fights where you see a guy go into the ring thinking he can't lose, and all of a sudden he's getting his ass kicked royally."'' |
| 271 | -->-- Dave Meltzer, on the Overeem vs Tamura title fight. |
| 272 | |
| 273 | -->''“Anybody who steps in a ring or cage has balls, fans should understand we are all human beings and we can have personal problems, family issues, injuries and other problems which could cause the biggest talents in the world to fail. We are all human and from flesh and blood, I love [the] fans who stayed fans of me [even through the] bad times, those are the real fans. I love everybody who supports the fight game.”'' |
| 274 | -->-- Valentijn Overeem |
| 275 | |
| 276 | * AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Arguably to Pancrase's Jason [=DeLucia=]. They were both gaijins of low level but very dangerous themselves, who got some big wins in their records, and who later were criticized for their training politics. |
| 277 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman, Jan Plas, Dave Jonkers, Cor Hemmers, and Martin De Jong. |
| 278 | * BaldOfEvil |
| 279 | * BashBrothers: With his real brother Alistair. |
| 280 | * BrilliantButLazy: According to his brother Alistair, Valentijn did not have much focus on training, focusing more in paychecks and such. |
| 281 | * GlassCannon: Extreme example. A solid kickboxer and sambist, he definitely knew how to strike and submit, but his main disadvantages were his laughably weak defense in both fields and his inability to keep his heart up if he found a strong resistance. |
| 282 | * LeanAndMean |
| 283 | * LeotardOfPower: Initially fought in black pants, but he switched to a wrestling double singlet. |
| 284 | * LetsGetDangerous: His irregular record and his defeats in legit shoots to native midcarders like Sakata and Kanehara might cloud his aura, but this guy curbstomped Wrestling/KiyoshiTamura in his MMA debut and also submitted cleanly Creator/RandyCouture and Renato Sobral in their primes. |
| 285 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: And UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}. He also has a black belt in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu. |
| 286 | * RealSongThemeTune: "Firestarter" by Music/TheProdigy in RINGS. He also used "The World Is Mine" by David Guetta outside of RINGS. |
| 287 | * RedBaron: "The Python", "Jigoku no Anaconda" ("The Anaconda from Hell"), "Holland no Choshishi" ("Holland's Super Hunting Beast"). |
| 288 | * ScaryBlackMan |
| 289 | * TeenGenius: Was 18 when he debuted in RINGS. |
| 290 | |
| 291 | !!!Willie Peeters |
| 292 | -->''"The winner of the eight man tournament in Holland, Dutchman Willy Peeters loved the island and loved fighting and he did not think twice when he got the offer to fight in Aruba. Unfortunately the referee stopped the fight because of a cut but Willy did not want to give up and was very disappointed with the decision (great fighting spirit from Peeters)."'' |
| 293 | -->-- Bas Boon, creator of Cage Fighting Championships, World Vale Tudo Championships and Golden Glory gym, about Peeters in WVC 8: World Vale Tudo Championship 8. |
| 294 | |
| 295 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman in Kyokushin UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} and UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}, and along with Willem Ruska and Willy Wilhelm; UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}, Jan Lomulder and Fred Royers in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} and Freddy Winters in amateur wrestling. |
| 296 | * ArchEnemy: In real life, Wrestling/WataruSakata. |
| 297 | * ArrogantKungFuGuy: Was prone to behave cocky and taunt his opponent. |
| 298 | * BrattyHalfPint: Won several juvenile wrestling and karate championships in Holland and had a nasty temper to boot. |
| 299 | * CombatPragmatist: Though not as much as Bob Schrijber and Gilbert Yvel, Willie was a rather dirty fighter. Most of his misdeeds took place in his feud with Sakata, especially in their fight in RINGS Holland, where he broke every rule imaginable and only got away from DQ thanks to home referees. He also had a habit of grabbing the ropes when high kicking his opponents in corners. |
| 300 | * CombatReferee: Doubled as a referee at RINGS Holland events and after retiring from fighting became one full-time. |
| 301 | * DavidVersusGoliath: Against the mighty Tom Erikson, who squashed Willie in about 30 seconds. |
| 302 | * GateGuardian: Was sort of a predecessor to Lee Hasdell in early RINGS, most new fighters debuted or at least had to fight against him at some point. They even referred to this rite of passage as "Pītāsu Koe" ("Beyond Peeters"). |
| 303 | * GoodOldFisticuffs: Preferred standing and striking his opponents either to knock them down or set up for throws and/or suplexes. |
| 304 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Herman Renting. |
| 305 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Greco-Roman Wrestling]]: Multiple time champion. He also knows Kyokushin UsefulNotes/{{Karate}}, UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}, UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}, and UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}. |
| 306 | * JackOfAllStats: Was good in striking, throwing and grappling, though not exaggeratedly in any. |
| 307 | * LeotardOfPower: An amateur wrestling one in his early RINGS appearances. He wore a black singlet and long pants for his RINGS appearances in the mid-90s, though he did switch back to wrestling singlets in his last years in RINGS and usually put on his old singlets for MMA fights outside of RINGS. |
| 308 | * ManBitesMan: He is one of the very few people to get threatened with disqualification at the virtually lawless World Vale Tudo Championship tournaments after he bit open Antonio Carlos Ribeiro's face. Ironically, Willie lost through a TKO by cut. |
| 309 | * RealMenWearPink: Wore pink shorts in his match with Yoshinori Nishi. |
| 310 | * RealSongThemeTune: "I Don’t Know Anybody Else (Steve Hurley’s Remix)" by Black Box. |
| 311 | * RedBaron: "The Terminator", "Abarenbō" ("Wild Kid/Hooligan/Rowdy/Roughneck"). |
| 312 | * RevengeBeforeReason: In their second fight, Wrestling/WataruSakata broke late a toehold after Peeters had grabbed the ropes, causing him a leg injury which almost had the match stopped. Peeters's answer when the fight was restarted was ''rocking'' Sakata with a close-fisted punch and nonchalantly endure the red card he gained. |
| 313 | * ScarsAreForever: Has one near his stomach, due to his choice of attire most of the time, one wouldn’t notice it at all unless he fights in shorts. |
| 314 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Has the rare feat of defeating a UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu fighter back when it was considered impossible, knocking out Eduardo Rocha in 1996. |
| 315 | * SuplexFinisher: Pull off some of the smoothest suplexes in early RINGS. |
| 316 | * UseYourHead: Gave a positively illegal headbutt to Sakata in their second fight. He also used them to great effect in Cage Fight Tournament 2. |
| 317 | * TheWorfEffect: Was worfed later in his career by Heath Herring. Granted he took the fight with only three days to prepare since the original guy in his place (Brazilian fighter Marcelo Tigre) had pulled out. |
| 318 | * WrestlerInAllOfUs: He pulled off an honest to god piledriver in a match with Bert Kops Jr. |
| 319 | |
| 320 | !!!Dennis Raven |
| 321 | * TheApprentice: To Willem Ruska, Cor van der Geest, and Remco Pardoel. |
| 322 | * CoolTeacher: A grappling trainer for the RINGS Holland guys and Beverwijk Top Team. |
| 323 | * TheGiant: He is even taller than Tariel Bitsadze. |
| 324 | * GlassCannon: Was not able to take strikes well. |
| 325 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: A Dutch national champion, European championship bronze medalist and represented The Netherlands in 1992 Olympics. He later trained in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu. |
| 326 | * {{Jobber}}: Never won any of his matches in RINGS. |
| 327 | |
| 328 | !!!Herman Renting |
| 329 | -->''"Herman Renting was one of the numerous students of the legendary Chris Dolman, and as with a number of said students he spent most of his career--nearly a decade--in the shoot-style wrestling promotion Fighting Network RINGS in primarily worked matches. His time in MMA, by contrast to a lot of his peers, was a brief curiosity. He only had four matches in his career that are generally agreed not to be works, and even though they took place over six years their timeline is extremely brief: The first two happened within three weeks in 1995 and the latter two within three months half a decade later in 2000/2001. He went 1-3, with his only victory coming in one of those 1995 proto-MMA style-vs-style matches, using his Dolman-honed sambo skills to take a decision over wing chun loyalist and former Rickson Gracie victim David Levicki (who would also retire at 1-3, funnily enough). His most notable loss, and the reason he's included in this collection, was his appearance at Pride 11 against the elemental spirit of Japanese MMA, Mr. Pride himself, Akira Shoji--and as was Shoji's job at the time, despite being visibly outsized he bounced Renting by armbar in just under four minutes. Renting has his place in history, but that place is much more in the annals of RINGS than in MMA itself, and unfortunately, RINGS is sort of doomed to obscurity, a thing known primarily to hardcore tape traders and older-school puro enthusiasts."'' |
| 330 | -->-- A profile of Renting from a VideoGame/FireProWrestling user [=CarlCX=] from https://steamcommunity.com |
| 331 | |
| 332 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman. |
| 333 | * BaldOfEvil: Shaved his head in the later half of his time in RINGS though before he always kept it to a buzzcut since his debut. |
| 334 | * BrattyHalfPint: Similar in height, age, and attitude to Willie Peeters. |
| 335 | * BullyingADragon: Got choked out by Wrestling/YoshihisaYamamoto of all people after he busted Yoshihisa open with an elbow strike on the ground. |
| 336 | * CombatPragmatist: Not as much as some of his teammates, but he has gotten into trouble for punching closed-fisted to the face and trying to ground-and-pound his opponents in RINGS. |
| 337 | * HeroicBSOD: Left RINGS after losing to Wrestling/WataruSakata in a shoot, considering himself unworthy of the promotion. |
| 338 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Willie Peeters. |
| 339 | * ICouldaBeenAContender: He was supposedly a ''very'' promising rookie in the RINGS dojo, so much that Wrestling/AkiraMaeda personally praised him to no end and Wrestling/MasakatsuFunaki wanted to recruit him for Pancrase, but he never lived up to the potential and barely had a MMA career before retiring. |
| 340 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: A 1989 and 1990 Dutch national champion and also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}. He also placed second in a Netherlands national UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu tournament in 2000. |
| 341 | * JackOfAllStats: Good at striking and wrestling, but nothing exceptional in the ring. |
| 342 | * {{Jerkass}}: Famous for his troublesome temper, he was once sentenced to several years in prison. According to some sources, he tried to fire bomb a police station. He also once threw Wrestling/MasayukiNaruse out of the ring ForTheEvulz. |
| 343 | * LeotardOfPower: Wore an amateur wrestling one for a few matches. |
| 344 | * OnlyOneFindsItFun: Compared to the stoic Vrij and Nijman and the other angry and serious looking dudes from Holland, Renting almost always looked like he was having the time of his life in RINGS. The only other person on the team who felt similar was Willie Peeters. |
| 345 | * RedBaron: "Kenka-ya" ("The Brawler"), "The Cub Scout". |
| 346 | |
| 347 | !!!Rene Rooze |
| 348 | * AlliterativeName |
| 349 | * TheApprentice: To Thom Harinck and later Peter Aerts who was also his cornerman. |
| 350 | * BullyingADragon: In a UsefulNotes/MuayThai bout against Creator/BasRutten in Holland, the match got so heated that Rooze bit Rutten through his ear a la Mike Tyson. Inconvenienced with the foul, Bas gave him a knee strike in the groin. (At that point, unsurprisingly, the fight was stopped and a brawl broke up). |
| 351 | * CombatPragmatist: He is also famous for his way of fighting the limits of the rules and for any fouls and misconduct. |
| 352 | * CoolTeacher: He is now a UsefulNotes/MuayThai instructor and conditioning coach. |
| 353 | * CurbStompBattle: His second MMA fight with Tadao Yasuda had him defeating Yasuda by TKO in under a minute. |
| 354 | ** Suffered one himself at the hands of Alexander Emelianenko. |
| 355 | * TheGiant: 6ft 7 and competed in the superheavyweight division in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}, though as heavyweight in MMA. |
| 356 | * GuestFighter: Had one match in UWFI against Wrestling/KazushiSakuraba. |
| 357 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Chakuriki Gym and was a 2 time Dutch champion. |
| 358 | * RealSongThemeTune: Used "Dominator" by Human Resource in RINGS. |
| 359 | * RedBaron: "K-1 no Hansoku-ō" ("K-1’s Foul King") |
| 360 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name is sometimes spelt as Rene Roza or Renee Rooze. |
| 361 | |
| 362 | !!!Thomas Roelos |
| 363 | * EightiesHair: A mullet. |
| 364 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman. |
| 365 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Greco-Roman Wrestling]] |
| 366 | * {{Jobber}}: Lost to Tony Halme in his debut. |
| 367 | * StoutStrength: A heavy looking dude. |
| 368 | * TheUnpronounceable: Was also introduced as Thomas Lurosi. |
| 369 | |
| 370 | !!!Bob Schrijber |
| 371 | -->''"Bob Schrijber has all sorts of unflattering nicknames, but the most revealing is Dirty Bob. Hardly known to American audiences, Schrijber's fighting career spans nearly fifteen years and has taken him all over the world. A man who considers the rules in MMA bouts too restrictive, Schrijer is as notorious for his behavior outside the ring as he is for his behavior inside it. An admitted partier who spent his youth carousing and brawling, Schrijber and his fighting wife Irma have reputations for being two of the biggest hard asses in MMA. Looking more like a pitbull than a human, Schrijber thinks nothing of resorting to dirty tactics in the ring, be it holding ropes, headbutting, or kicking a man while he's down."'' |
| 372 | -->-- Schrijber's profile in the book; Mixed Martial Arts' Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Crazy Combat, Great Grappling, and Sick Submissions, Chapter 6 - Downright Dirty: Fighters Who Cheat. |
| 373 | |
| 374 | -->''"Free Fight? That’s pussy stuff. Cage fights are where it’s at. No rules only, of course."'' |
| 375 | -->-- Bob Schrijber |
| 376 | |
| 377 | * TheAlcoholic: Abused alcohol at a young age, he quit for a while when he started martial arts, but he now enjoys a beer whenever he gets the chance. |
| 378 | * TheApprentice: To Cor van der Geest and Jan Plas. |
| 379 | * BadassFamily: His wife, Irma Verhoeff is also a MMA fighter and trainer. |
| 380 | * BadassTeacher: Has his own MMA school, Sports Academy Schreiber, as well as a MMA and UsefulNotes/MuayThai team. His most famous student is Stefan Struve. He is also said to have had a hand in training Joop Kasteel and was the UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} trainer of Dutch pro wrestler [[Wrestling/AleisterBlack Tom Budgen aka Tommy End aka WWE's Aleister Black]]. |
| 381 | * BaldOfEvil |
| 382 | * BloodKnight: The less rules the fight has, the better in his mind. |
| 383 | * {{Bouncer}}: Has worked as a doorman. |
| 384 | * CombatPragmatist: He got his RedBaron for his dirty fighting tactics, one of his most notably fights was with Daijiro Matsui in which he committed numerous fouls including [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown kicking the back of the head of a grounded]] Matsui after the bell, resulting in a disqualification. |
| 385 | * CombatReferee: Has been one for several MMA fights. |
| 386 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: When he was young his parents divorced which separated him from his older brother Fred whom he was close to, was living in poverty and at times homeless, and he also smoked, abused drugs and alcohol at a young age and once went to prison for stabbing someone. |
| 387 | * TheDreaded: Aside from his dirty tactics, he was legitimately an excellent and dangerous kickboxer and few dared to match him on their feet. |
| 388 | * DrugsAreBad: Abused them at a young age, when he started training in martial arts and noticed he was in poor physical shape compared to his peers and went cold turkey. |
| 389 | * EmbarrassingNickname: Is apparently called "The Pig" in some parts of Europe. |
| 390 | * {{Expy}}: Seems like one to Gerard Gordeau. Till he put on some pounds at least. |
| 391 | * HiddenDepths: Has an interest in UsefulNotes/{{Punk}} Rock music and was even a band with his brother called Jesus and the Gospelfuckers, with Bob as a guitarist. |
| 392 | * IKnowKarate: Began training in this along with UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}. He later learned UsefulNotes/MuayThai a year later and even went to train with Rob Kaman at the Mejiro Gym. |
| 393 | * LeanAndMean: At first. He slowly gained more weight over the years. |
| 394 | * MeanCharacterNiceActor: According to some people, Bob is actually quite friendly and polite outside of the ring. It’s only when inside the ring that he changes into Dirty Bob. |
| 395 | * TheNapoleon: In one instance, before his fight with Semmy Schilt, he set up a mini ladder in the center of the ring so he could look down on Semmy during the introductions. |
| 396 | * OddFriendship: With Creator/BasRutten. |
| 397 | * RedBaron: "Dirty Bob", "The Terrible". |
| 398 | * SmokingIsNotCool: Smoked at a young age, gave it up after he started training in martial arts. |
| 399 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: He is internationally known as Schreiber because the Dutch vowel 'ij' in his surname is very uncommon in other languages. He put Schreiber as the name of his gym because of that.RINGS sometime spelt his name as Schreyber. |
| 400 | * StoutStrength: What he is now. |
| 401 | * UnskilledButStrong: A pure kickboxer with very little grappling skills. |
| 402 | * UseYourHead: Was disqualified from a fight against Valentin Davidov for giving him a Glasgow Kiss mid match. He also gave one to Svilen Rusinov in their match, though he was only given a yellow card and actually looked like he didn’t mean to that time. |
| 403 | |
| 404 | !!!Pieter Smit |
| 405 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman. |
| 406 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: A 1989 and 1991 Dutch national champion with three runner up titles in 1988, 1990 and 1992. He was also a Scandinavian Open runner up in 1990. |
| 407 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 408 | * RealSongThemeTune: Used "Hyperpulse" by Metal Flash. |
| 409 | |
| 410 | !!!Sandor Telgen |
| 411 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman. |
| 412 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: As well as UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}. |
| 413 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 414 | |
| 415 | !!!Sander Thonhauser |
| 416 | * TheApprentice: To Hans Nijman, Michel van Halderen, and Dennis Raven. |
| 417 | * CoolTeacher: Is now a strength and conditioning coach with his own gym, the Performfit Center. |
| 418 | * UsefulNotes/DutchmenWithDestroyers: Was part of the Korps Mariniers before he got into professional fighting. |
| 419 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: As well as UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}, UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu, and boxing. |
| 420 | * RealSongThemeTune: "How Much Can You Take" by Bodylotion. |
| 421 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Was once introduced as Sander Thowhaven and sometimes Tonhausen. |
| 422 | |
| 423 | !!!Sara Umer |
| 424 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman and Willie Peeters. |
| 425 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: As well as UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}. |
| 426 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 427 | |
| 428 | !!!Dave van der Veen |
| 429 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman. |
| 430 | * CharlesAtlasSuperPower: A 4 time Dutch powerlifting champion. |
| 431 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} |
| 432 | * {{Jobber}}: Mostly. |
| 433 | * RedBaron: "Popeye". |
| 434 | |
| 435 | !!!Gilbert Yvel |
| 436 | -->''"Witness Gilbert Yvel. Yvel, who in his last fight defeated Kiyoshi Tamura, giving Tamura his worst beating of his career enroute to winning the RINGS world heavyweight championship (a title which started out as a pro wrestling version of the world title and now is actually defended in shoot matches) looked to be one of the most exciting fighters to watch due to his great kickboxing skill. In RINGS, if a fighter is taken down, if the action slows on the ground, the referee orders a stand-up. Yvel was taken down repeatedly in everyone of his major wins in RINGS, but his repeated stand-ups allowed him to eventually connect on strikes and put the hurting on his foes."'' |
| 437 | -->-- Dave Melter |
| 438 | |
| 439 | -->''"It is my life. I’ve been fighting on the streets and in school since I was 10, 11—everywhere. At one point I jumped in the gym and made it my job—it is my life. Wherever I go, people ask me about fighting, fighting, fighting, fighting—there’s never a conversation with me without the questions, “Who are you fighting? When are you fighting?” Mixed martial arts is my life."'' |
| 440 | -->-- Gilbert Yvel |
| 441 | |
| 442 | * ADayInTheLimeLight: Won the RINGS Openweight Championship belt against Wrestling/KiyoshiTamura, then quickly quit RINGS for PRIDE. |
| 443 | * AlternateCompanyEquivalent: To Pancrase's Creator/BasRutten. |
| 444 | * TheApprentice: To Jon Bluming, Chris Dolman, Johan Vos, Ivan Hippolyte, Lucien Carbin, Bert Kops Jr, Dave Jonkers, Cor Hemmers, and Martin De Jong. |
| 445 | * TheBerserker: His favorite gameplan was rushing forward and strike until someone fell down, relying in defensive grappling if taken down. |
| 446 | * BloodKnight: He loved fighting a bit too much. |
| 447 | * {{Bouncer}}: Was one before his fighting career. |
| 448 | * CombatPragmatist: Has a pretty nasty temper and a certain disregard from rules, and his history contains niceties like biting, eye gouging and ''knocking out the referee''. However, unlike fellow teammates, Yvel has stated repentance for (most of) those fouls. |
| 449 | * CoolTeacher: He plans to be a MMA trainer now that he has retired. |
| 450 | * HeroKiller: Beat both Wrestling/KiyoshiTamura and Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka cleanly. |
| 451 | * IKnowKarate: Was a former European Full Contact UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} Champion. He later trained for UsefulNotes/MuayThai at Vos Gym before his RINGS debut. He is also trained in wrestling and UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} at Sportcentrum KOPS and is a purple belt in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu under Joe Lewis. |
| 452 | * LeanAndMean |
| 453 | * LightningBruiser: With spectacular head kicks and flying knee knockouts. |
| 454 | * ParentalAbandonment: Raised as an orphan and only met his mother in 1998. |
| 455 | * RealSongThemeTune: "Let Me Clear My Throat" by DJ Kool. |
| 456 | * RedBaron: "The Hurricane", "Bōsō Harikēn" ("Runaway Hurricane"), "PRIDE No Harikēn Otoko" (PRIDE's Hurricane Man"). |
| 457 | * ScaryBlackMan: ButNotTooForeign as he is a quarter Japanese on his father’s side. |
| 458 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Left RINGS for PRIDE for better paychecks. |
| 459 | * UnstoppableForceMeetsImmovableObject: His fights with Tariel Bitsadze and Semmy Schilt. |
| 460 | |
| 461 | !!!Rene van der Zanden |
| 462 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Fysio Sportline. |
| 463 | |
| 464 | !!Others |
| 465 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rings_holland2.PNG]] |
| 466 | [[caption-width-right:350:Free Fight Forever!]] |
| 467 | !!!Youssef Akhnikh |
| 468 | * TheApprentice: To John and Christian Tulis. |
| 469 | * CombatReferee: Became one after retiring from fighting. |
| 470 | * CoolTeacher: Is now a UsefulNotes/MuayThai and personal trainer with his own gym, Youssefit. |
| 471 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Matuari Gym and is a Dutch national champion. |
| 472 | |
| 473 | !!!Nico Anches |
| 474 | * TheApprentice: To Fred Royers. |
| 475 | * BadassTeacher: Now a UsefulNotes/MuayThai instructor. |
| 476 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: A world champion. |
| 477 | |
| 478 | !!!Mustafa Azoufri |
| 479 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman. |
| 480 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} |
| 481 | |
| 482 | !!!Gilbert Ballantine |
| 483 | * TheApprentice: To John Benner, Cees van der Velden, Thom Harinck and Chris Dolman. |
| 484 | * CoolTeacher: A UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} instructor at Ben Rietdijk Sport, Health & Beauty. He was also a trainer for Beverwijk Top Team. |
| 485 | * EarlyBirdCameo: He fought in the 1998 Shooto and shootboxing joint event, Shoot the Shooto "Double Cross" XX in a shootboxing fight against Kenichi Ogata. |
| 486 | * IKnowKarate: A Wado Ryu practitioner in his younger days, he is also a blue belt in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}, learned a bit of pentjak silat and UsefulNotes/MuayThai at Chakuriki Dojo and also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} for his MMA fights. |
| 487 | * RedBaron: "The Bull Terrier". |
| 488 | * TheRival: To Ramon Dekkers. |
| 489 | * ScaryBlackMan |
| 490 | |
| 491 | !!!Wouter Bakker |
| 492 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman and Wout Kist. |
| 493 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: As well as UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}. |
| 494 | |
| 495 | !!!John Benner |
| 496 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman. |
| 497 | * CoolTeacher: Became a grappling trainer for RINGS Holland guys. |
| 498 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: As well as UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}. |
| 499 | * ScaryBlackMan |
| 500 | |
| 501 | !!!Gerard Benschop |
| 502 | * TheApprentice: To Wout Kist, Chris Dolman, and William Beekwilder. |
| 503 | * CoolTeacher: Is now a UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} instructor. |
| 504 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at the Vechtsportcentrum Wout Kist along with UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}. |
| 505 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 506 | |
| 507 | !!!Nordin Bensellam |
| 508 | * TheApprentice: Rick van de Vathorst. |
| 509 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Van De Vathorst Gym. |
| 510 | |
| 511 | !!!Piet Bernzen |
| 512 | * TheApprentice: To Thom Harinck. |
| 513 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at the Chakuriki Gym. |
| 514 | |
| 515 | !!!Franklin Beuk |
| 516 | * TheApprentice: To Gerard Gordeau. |
| 517 | * IKnowKarate: Trained at the Kamakura Dojo and also competed in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}. |
| 518 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 519 | |
| 520 | !!!Nick Bloemberg |
| 521 | * TheApprentice: To Thom Harinck. |
| 522 | * CombatReferee: Became a RINGS Holland referee after he retired from UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}. |
| 523 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at the Chakuriki Gym. |
| 524 | |
| 525 | !!!Jon Bluming |
| 526 | -->''"What I teach, is neither Kodokan judo nor Kyokushin Kai karate but instead a mix of one-third karate and Thai boxing, one-third throwing techniques — I teach seven different throws — and one-third groundwork. That altogether is the full circle of unarmed fighting. That is not arrogant, that is the truth."'' |
| 527 | |
| 528 | * TheAce: There is no official record of him ever losing a UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} or UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} match. |
| 529 | * AlternateCompanyEquivalent: Is considered the Dutch equivalent of Wrestling/GeneLebell just more serious. Either that or Lebell is the American equivalent to Bluming just a little more silly. |
| 530 | * TheApprentice: To Masutatsu Oyama, Kenji Kurosaki, Gerhard Schutte and Eddy Roosterman. |
| 531 | * ArchEnemy: Anton Geesink. They never could settle the score between them as they belonged to rival organisations (NAJA and NJJB respectively). |
| 532 | * BadassTeacher: Was once the coach of the Dutch national UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} team. He has also trained guys like Chris Dolman, Willem Ruska, Hideyuki Ashihara, Takashi Azuma, Jan Plas, Thom Harinck, Otti Roethof, Ernest Hoost, Remy Bonjasky, Branko Cikatic, Peter Aerts, Rob Kaman, Semmy Schilt, Gilbert Yvel, Juan Carlos I of Spain, etc. |
| 533 | * BloodKnight: He loved competition, according to the sources, a bit too much. He has been criticized (and liked by other people) for talking with excessive serenity about breaking limbs and beating people down. Ironically, he was unable to compete in international judo tournaments due to his judo organisation being the smaller and weaker Netherlands Amateur Judo Association compared to the Netherlands Jiu-Jitsu Bond. |
| 534 | * BoringButPractical: His teaching style. |
| 535 | * CoolOldGuy: Most definitely. |
| 536 | * TheDreaded: Was known as "The Beast from Amsterdam" for a reason, and his fame was such that people often dropped off from tournaments to avoid facing him. |
| 537 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Was in Chris Dolman’s corner during his match against Wrestling/AkiraMaeda in UWF Newborn. |
| 538 | * HeAlsoDid: Was an actor for several Dutch films between 1961 to 1990. |
| 539 | * IKnowKarate: A 10th dan in Kyokushin UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} with a bit of training in Shotokan. He is also a 10th dan in Hapkido and a 9th dan in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}. He also has some training in boxing and maybe taekkyon, and trained in bojutsu, iaijutsu and UsefulNotes/{{Kendo}} with Tokyo police instructors Takaji Shimizu and Ichitaro Kuroda. |
| 540 | * MightyWhitey: Was considered by some to be Masutatsu Oyama's best student. |
| 541 | * NonActionGuy: Appeared only in RINGS as a SpecialGuest. |
| 542 | * OldMaster: Master to Chris Dolman and many other Dutch judokas and karatekas, thus making him essentially the father of Dutch MMA and UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}. He is also credited with [[UrExample introducing Kyokushin karate to Europe]]. |
| 543 | * OldSoldier: Was a former Dutch marine and fought in the Korean War in 1950. |
| 544 | * PowerTrio: During his time in Tokyo, he lived with Donn F. Draeger and Robert W. Smith. |
| 545 | * RedBaron: "The Beast from Amsterdam". |
| 546 | * RingOldies: Even in his 60s and beyond, he was still considered one of the most dangerous men alive. |
| 547 | * StartMyOwn: Founded his own school and style, Kyokushin Budokai (subtitled All-Round Fighting to avoid confusion with another organisation that uses the same name), a full contact bare knuckle karate style that also allows grappling, groundfighting, and submissions, but palm strikes only to the head. |
| 548 | |
| 549 | !!!Bas Boon |
| 550 | * AlliterativeName |
| 551 | * TheApprentice: To Cor Hemmers. |
| 552 | * BadassTeacher: Was the manager and a trainer of the Golden Glory Team. |
| 553 | * {{Directors}} / {{Producers}}: Was both for televised RINGS Holland while working for Nikko Toshogu Sports and later other MMA and UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} shows in The Netherlands. |
| 554 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Taekwondo}}: As well as UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}. |
| 555 | * NonActionGuy: Did not fight in RINGS. |
| 556 | * StartMyOwn: Co-founded with Frederico Lapenda and Ron Nyqvist the World Vale Tudo Championships and the Golden Glory MMA and UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} team. |
| 557 | |
| 558 | !!!Mario Borzic |
| 559 | * TheApprentice: To Bert Kops Jr, Lucien Carbin, Hans Nijman, and Michel van Halderen. |
| 560 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: As well as boxing, amateur wrestling and UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}. |
| 561 | |
| 562 | !!!Rinie van Brakel |
| 563 | * TheApprentice: To Wout Kist. |
| 564 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at the Vechtsportcentrum Wout Kist along with UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}. |
| 565 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 566 | |
| 567 | !!!Glenn Brasdorp |
| 568 | * TheApprentice: To Hans Nijman and Michel van Halderen. |
| 569 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: As well as boxing. |
| 570 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 571 | * ScaryBlackMan |
| 572 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Brasdorp or Blasdorp? |
| 573 | |
| 574 | !!!Harry de Bruin |
| 575 | * TheApprentice: To Richard van Asdonck. |
| 576 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Sportcentrum van Asdonck. |
| 577 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 578 | |
| 579 | !!!Johan Buur |
| 580 | * TheApprentice: To Peter Van Os. |
| 581 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Loek's Gym. |
| 582 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 583 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name is sometimes written as Johan Boolean for some reason. |
| 584 | |
| 585 | !!!Depretz Clovis |
| 586 | -->''"They have Don King, but we in Europe have Don Clovis."'' |
| 587 | -->-- Paco Rabanne, famous Spanish couturier of French fashion. |
| 588 | |
| 589 | -->''"A manager is the visiting card of the fighters."'' |
| 590 | -->-- Depretz "Don" Clovis |
| 591 | |
| 592 | * AffectionateNickname: He is better known as "Don" Clovis, for he is in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} what Don King is in boxing. |
| 593 | * TheApprentice: To Rick van der Vathorst. |
| 594 | * FrenchJerk: Was born in France but later changed his nationality to Dutch in 1999. |
| 595 | * HiddenDepths: In the sixties he was a singer in a famous French group called "Les Charlots". He was just fourteen when he had his first Rock and Roll hit on the famous Sidney Bechet label called "Disques Vogue". |
| 596 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Van De Vathorst Gym. |
| 597 | * TheMentor: Was a manager to many Dutch fighters like Perry Ubeda, Creator/BasRutten, Rob Kaman, Ramon Dekkers, Andre Masseurs, Andre Mannaart, Luc Verhey, Brian Pieters, Rayden Simson, Semmy Schilt, Cheik Kongo, Marc Emmanuel, etc. He also worked with the French fighters like Daniel Quoniam, Orlando Wiet, . |
| 598 | * NonActionGuy: Was a manager and not a fighter, though he does have training. |
| 599 | * PornStache |
| 600 | * {{Producers}}: He studied at the Film academy in Amsterdam and has a degree as a producer. He produced a few low-budget action films which usually stars one of his fighters. |
| 601 | |
| 602 | !!!Fred van Doesburg |
| 603 | * TheApprentice: To Wout Kist and John Verstegen. |
| 604 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Vechtsportcentrum Wout Kist along with UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}. |
| 605 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 606 | |
| 607 | !!!Pavel Dolgov |
| 608 | * TheApprentice: To Gerard Gordeau. |
| 609 | * IKnowKarate: Trained at Kamakura Dojo, but he was originally a Latvian freestyle wrestler. |
| 610 | |
| 611 | !!!Rogier van Eck |
| 612 | * TheApprentice: To Bert Kops Jr and Lucien Carbin. |
| 613 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: As well as UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}. |
| 614 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 615 | |
| 616 | !!!Erwin van de Eijnden |
| 617 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Yamaneko Gym. He also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}. |
| 618 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 619 | * StoutStrength |
| 620 | |
| 621 | !!!Martin van Emmen |
| 622 | * TheApprentice: To Jon Bluming. |
| 623 | * BadassTeacher: Is now a UsefulNotes/{{Karate}}, UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} and UsefulNotes/MuayThai instructor. |
| 624 | * GuestFighter: Fought in Pancrase's 1998 Neo-Blood Tournament. |
| 625 | * IKnowKarate: 6th dan in Kyokushin Budokai and also trained in Ashihara UsefulNotes/{{Karate}}, UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and is world champion in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} and UsefulNotes/MuayThai. |
| 626 | * RedBaron: "The Wild Thing". |
| 627 | |
| 628 | !!!Idu Faroek |
| 629 | * TheApprentice: To Gerard Gordeau. |
| 630 | * IKnowKarate: Trained at the Kamakura Dojo. |
| 631 | |
| 632 | !!!Rodney Faverus/Glunder |
| 633 | -->''"Rodney Glunder is another of those low-key, long-time veterans of mixed martial arts--the kind of fighter who's been around forever and fought almost everywhere, but never got high enough in the sport to get truly noticed. A teenaged adoptee of karate and taekwondo, Glunder turned to professional fighting after his 21st birthday and took on both MMA and kickboxing, with moderately successful results--regional acclaim, but never the big leagues. A striker with only rudimentary grappling abilities, he hit the same hill all of those fighters did: Beating fighters who couldn't grapple him, getting ragdolled and submitted by fighters who could. Three years into his career he was 5-6-2 and contemplated retirement. There's this theory that every fighter has a specific window where they're at their best--not just being in their athletic prime, but developing in the right directions to complement that prime and meeting the right competition during that development--a combination of rising to meet the challenges of your career while having just enough good luck that the world lets it happen. Glunder hit that window harder than almost anyone: After the middling, losing beginning to his career he went almost undefeated for four years--winning 16 of his next 19 fights, in all, including victories over Valentijn Overeem, Tommy Sauer, Cheick Kongo, Cyrille Diabate and Melvin Manhoef. It was a hell of a streak. Unfortunately, as with so many, it didn't extend to the big leagues. He made his one and only Pride appearance during the run--against Chalid "Die Faust" Arrab, representing the Golden Glory team Glunder had been picking off--and lost a lopsided but not particularly interesting decision. Pride had expected fireworks from the two kickboxers, and were so sufficiently disappointed that Arrab only came back once--to be fed to Kazuhiro Nakamura--and Glunder was never invited back again. His career didn't fare much better afterward. Glunder would eventually retire with journeyman records in both his sports--25-20-3-1 in MMA, 16-12 in kickboxing. He tried professional wrestling for awhile, but much like combat sports, it bruoght him only middling success. Which is a shame. He was a solid fighter and had plenty of regional titles. Some people just never break through the ceiling, unfortunately."'' |
| 634 | -->-- A profile of Glunder from a VideoGame/FireProWrestling user [=CarlCX=] from https://steamcommunity.com |
| 635 | |
| 636 | * TheApprentice: To Jan Plas, Andre Mannaart, Mike Passenier, Danny van Bergen, Bert Kops Jr, and Lucien Carbin. |
| 637 | * BadassFamily: His son Massaro Glunder is also a professional kickboxer. |
| 638 | * HeroicBuild: Started UsefulNotes/{{Bodybuilding}} in 2013. |
| 639 | * IKnowKarate: A black belt in Kyokushin and UsefulNotes/{{Taekwondo}}. He is also blue belt in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu under Remco Pardoel and also trained in boxing, UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}, amateur wrestling, and UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}. |
| 640 | * {{Jerkass}}: Was convicted of rape in 2022 and sentenced to five years in prison. |
| 641 | * RedBaron: "Superman" "The Silent Assassin", "Hitman", "The Chairman" (as the owner of New Blood Wrestling). |
| 642 | * ScaryBlackMan: A black Dutch-Surinamese man. |
| 643 | * StartMyOwn: Was the owner of New Blood Wrestling. |
| 644 | * WrestlerInAllOfUs: Is a pro wrestler on the independent circuit. |
| 645 | |
| 646 | !!!Roberto Flamingo |
| 647 | * TheApprentice: To Cor Hemmers, Dave Jonkers, and Lucien Carbin. |
| 648 | * CoolTeacher: Roberto is one of the Blackzilians striking coaches and has trained fighters such as Rashad Evans, Tyrone Spong, Eddy Alvarez, Thiago Silva, James McSweeneys, Gilbert Yvel and Alistair Overeem among others. |
| 649 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at the Fighting Factory Carbin and Golden Glory gym. |
| 650 | * RedBaron: "Flame". |
| 651 | * ScaryBlackMan |
| 652 | |
| 653 | !!!Hans Frugte |
| 654 | * TheApprentice: To Wout Kist. |
| 655 | * CarpetOfVirility |
| 656 | * CoolTeacher: Founded Complxx gym, a UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}, MMA gym and tattoo parlor. |
| 657 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Thialf Gym and along with UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}, Vechtsportcentrum Wout Kist. |
| 658 | |
| 659 | !!!Andre Fyeet |
| 660 | * TheApprentice: To Bob Schrijber, Bart Albers, and Mike Passenier. |
| 661 | * BashBrothers: Is Ricardo Fyeet’s younger brother. |
| 662 | * BigLittleBrother: Is a lot more buff than his older brother. |
| 663 | * CoolTeacher: Is now a MMA coach. |
| 664 | * IKnowKarate: As well as UsefulNotes/MuayThai and also has a UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu black belt from Gracie Barra Amsterdam. |
| 665 | * ScaryBlackMan |
| 666 | |
| 667 | !!!Piet van Gammeren |
| 668 | * TheApprentice: To Peter Van Os. |
| 669 | * CarpetOfVirility |
| 670 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Loek's Gym. |
| 671 | * StoutStrength: A hefty dude. |
| 672 | |
| 673 | !!!Ron van Gellekom |
| 674 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman. |
| 675 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}: As well as UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}. |
| 676 | |
| 677 | !!!Edwin Gertenbach |
| 678 | * TheApprentice: To Bob Schrijber. |
| 679 | * IKnowKarate: As well as UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}, boxing and UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}. He later trained for MMA at Ephilipoon Gym, Cosmo Sportline, and Sports Academy Schrijber. |
| 680 | |
| 681 | !!!Melvin Geutskens |
| 682 | * TheApprentice: To Wout Kist. |
| 683 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Vechtsportcentrum Wout Kist along with UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}. |
| 684 | |
| 685 | !!!Marcus Habi |
| 686 | * TheApprentice: To Oscar van der Veen. |
| 687 | * IKnowKarate: A Kyokushin black belt and trained in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} at Van Der Veen Gym. |
| 688 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 689 | |
| 690 | !!!Michel van Halderen |
| 691 | * BadassTeacher: Was a boxing and conditioning trainer to the RINGS Holland guys. |
| 692 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Boxing]]: A Dutch boxing champion. |
| 693 | * NonActionGuy: Never fought in RINGS. |
| 694 | |
| 695 | !!!Antoni Hardonk |
| 696 | * TheApprentice: To Ivan Hippolyte. |
| 697 | * CoolTeacher: A full-time trainer at his gym "Dynamix Martial Arts" located in Santa Monica. |
| 698 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained as Vos Gym. He is also a brown belt in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu under Rickson Gracie. |
| 699 | * RedBaron: "Mr. Wonderful". |
| 700 | |
| 701 | !!!Thom Harinck |
| 702 | * BadassTeacher: Founded the Chakuriki Gym and has trained many fighters like Peter Aerts, Branko Cikatić, Lloyd van Dams, Hesdy Gerges, Badr Hari, Jérôme Le Banner, Melvin Manhoef, Anderson "Braddock" Silva, Sergei Lascenko, etc. |
| 703 | * {{Bouncer}}: Once worked as one at the age of 17. |
| 704 | * IKnowKarate: A 6th dan black belt in Kyokushin, he also has a brown belt in UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} and Japanese jujutsu, and is a 7th dan black belt in kenpo. He also trained in amateur wrestling, boxing, early Japanese UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}, savate, and of course UsefulNotes/MuayThai. |
| 705 | * NonActionGuy: Never fought in RINGS. |
| 706 | * OldMaster: Of UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} in The Netherlands. |
| 707 | * RedBaron: "The Godfather of UsefulNotes/MuayThai in The West". |
| 708 | * StartMyOwn: Originally he taught a marital art he called "Chakuriki" which was based on Kyokushin UsefulNotes/{{Karate}}, boxing, UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}, jujutsu and wrestling. He also founded the NKBB (Dutch UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} Association) in 1976, the MTBN (Dutch Muay Thai Association) in 1983, the WMTA (World Muay Thai Association) and the EMTA (European Muay Thai Association) in 1984. |
| 709 | * UrExample: Is the first foreigner to receive the rank of the grand master in UsefulNotes/MuayThai and one of the fathers of UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} in The Netherlands alongside Jan Plas. |
| 710 | |
| 711 | !!!Michel van der Heijden |
| 712 | * TheApprentice: To Sijou van der Spek. |
| 713 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: As well as a form of kung fu and sanshou, he trained at Sportinstituut Kam-Lung. |
| 714 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 715 | |
| 716 | !!!Jeffrey Heijm |
| 717 | * TheApprentice: To Thom Harinck. |
| 718 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at the Chakuriki gym. |
| 719 | |
| 720 | !!!Ton van Heumen |
| 721 | * TheApprentice: To Jon Bluming. |
| 722 | * BadassTeacher: Was a Kyokushin trainer for Mejiro Gym and later for Sportschool Nieuwendam and trained guys like Edgar Cairo, Paul Engelsman and Jaap de Vries. |
| 723 | * CombatReferee: Was a RINGS Holland referee. |
| 724 | * IKnowKarate: A 7th dan black belt in Kyokushin Budokai. |
| 725 | |
| 726 | !!!Rick Holshuizen |
| 727 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman |
| 728 | * CarpetOfVirility |
| 729 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} |
| 730 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 731 | * MightyGlacier |
| 732 | * StoutStrength |
| 733 | |
| 734 | !!!Sjaak van Ijsden |
| 735 | * TheApprentice: Rick van de Vathorst. |
| 736 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Van De Vathorst Gym. |
| 737 | |
| 738 | !!!Rik de Jager |
| 739 | * TheApprentice: To Remco Pardoel. |
| 740 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Yamaneko Gym. He also trained in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu. |
| 741 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 742 | |
| 743 | !!!Michael Jonker |
| 744 | * TheApprentice: To Hans Nijman and Michel van Halderen. |
| 745 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Van Halderen Gym. He also trained in boxing and UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}. |
| 746 | |
| 747 | !!!Jassier Kaderi |
| 748 | * TheApprentice: To Peter Van Os. |
| 749 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Loek's Gym. |
| 750 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 751 | |
| 752 | !!!Jerry Kalia |
| 753 | * TheApprentice: To Hans Nijman, Michel van Halderen, and Remco Pardoel. |
| 754 | * IKnowKarate: A Kyokushin black belt, he also trained in UsefulNotes/MuayThai, UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu, boxing, and was a Dutch UsefulNotes/{{Taekwondo}} champion. |
| 755 | |
| 756 | !!!Andrew Keja |
| 757 | * TheApprentice: To Wout Kist. |
| 758 | * IKnowKarate: A Goju black belt and champion. He also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} and UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} at Vechtsportcentrum Wout Kist. |
| 759 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 760 | |
| 761 | !!!Edmunds Kirsis |
| 762 | * TheApprentice: To Gerard Gordeau. |
| 763 | * DoNotCallMePaul: Was introduced in RINGS as Igor Kirsis for some reason. |
| 764 | * FakeRussian: Was billed from Moscow, Russia in his RINGS appearance. He is actually Latvian and spent most of his fighting career in the Netherlands. |
| 765 | * IKnowKarate: Trained at the Kamakura Dojo, he was originally a Latvian national UsefulNotes/{{Judo}} champion and also trained in amateur wrestling. |
| 766 | |
| 767 | !!!Wout Kist |
| 768 | * BadassFamily: His wife Gerrie van Wirdum is a kickboxer and MMA trainer. |
| 769 | * BadassTeacher: A RINGS Holland trainer and fitness instructor and has his own gym, Vechtsportcentrum Wout Kist. He also trains police officers. |
| 770 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Dutch free fight pioneer and Shaolin Kung Fu, UsefulNotes/{{Taekwondo}}, Tai-Jitsu and Japanese Jiu-Jitsu practitioner Charles Dumerniët. |
| 771 | * IKnowKarate: Wadokai UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} as well as UsefulNotes/{{Taekwondo}}, Japanese Jiu Jitsu and Jeet Kune Do. He also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} and UsefulNotes/MuayThai with Chris Dolman and Thom Harinck respectively. |
| 772 | * NonActionGuy: Did not fight in RINGS. |
| 773 | * StartMyOwn: Co-founded the Free Fight Federation (originally the International Organization Combat Sports) with Charles Dumerniët. He also developed his [[UsefulNotes/MartialArtsBelts martial arts ranking system]] under the name Free Fight, with himself as a 9th Dan. |
| 774 | |
| 775 | !!!Maurice Kistenmaker |
| 776 | * TheApprentice: To Richard van Asdonck. |
| 777 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Sportcentrum van Asdonck. |
| 778 | |
| 779 | !!!Daan Kooiman |
| 780 | * TheApprentice: To Bob Schrijber. |
| 781 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Sports Academy Schrijber. |
| 782 | |
| 783 | !!!Dennis Krauweel |
| 784 | * TheApprentice: To Cor Hemmers. |
| 785 | * CoolTeacher: A UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} trainer. |
| 786 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Hemmers Gym and is a Dutch champion. |
| 787 | * RedBaron: "The Menace". |
| 788 | |
| 789 | !!!Henk Kuipers |
| 790 | * TheApprentice: To Jon Bluming, Joop Reilman, and Gerard Gordeau. |
| 791 | * BadassBiker: Captain of a motorcycle club called "No Surrender". |
| 792 | * CoolOldGuy: Was in his mid 30s when he fought in RINGS. |
| 793 | * CoolTeacher: Runs his own UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} dojo and is also the trainer and manager of Team Hardcore. |
| 794 | * IKnowKarate: A Kyokushin 8th dan black belt. |
| 795 | * {{Jobber}}: Lost to Joop Kasteel in less than a minute. |
| 796 | * RedBaron: "No Surrender", "Captain". |
| 797 | |
| 798 | !!!Willy Lagerweij |
| 799 | * TheApprentice: To Peter Hoopman. |
| 800 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Hoopman Gym. |
| 801 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 802 | |
| 803 | !!!Milco Lambrecht |
| 804 | * TheChessmaster: One of the most important promoters of combat sports in The Netherlands, helped Chris Dolman organise RINGS Holland shows and events and was a manager to Peter Aerts. |
| 805 | * NonActionGuy: Was not a fighter. |
| 806 | |
| 807 | !!!Rob van Leeuwen |
| 808 | * TheApprentice: To Wout Kist |
| 809 | * CoolTeacher: Has his own Wado Karate Dojo. |
| 810 | * IKnowKarate: A Wado UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} black belt. He was also a Dutch USefulNotes/{{Judo}} champion and trained for MMA at Vechtsportcentrum Wout Kist. |
| 811 | |
| 812 | !!!Roberto Lukus |
| 813 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman. |
| 814 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} |
| 815 | |
| 816 | !!!Arie Maigret |
| 817 | * TheApprentice: To Wout Kist. |
| 818 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: As well as UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} and trained at Vechtsportcentrum Wout Kist. |
| 819 | |
| 820 | !!!Melvin Manhoef |
| 821 | -->''"It’s a gift I have got from God and I’m very thankful for it, I’m blessed being able to do that. I’m quite explosive but that’s nothing I have trained to become, I think it’s in my genes because my nephew is also really explosive. In my opinion the key to the knock outs is that I always come to fight, I go all in and I want to hurt people. It’s a mental thing. It is also the reason to why I lose sometimes, being reckless and always going for the kill is a risky business. When you’re only attacking you of course have openings and gaps, but if you just keep your hands up protecting your head you’re not going to knock anyone out and it won’t be a fun fight to watch for the fans. I’ve always wanted to entertain people so that’s what I do. Of course I don’t want to lose, never ever, but I have my aggression and temper inside which is the foundation of my fighting style and that’s what makes me Melvin Manhoef."'' |
| 822 | |
| 823 | * AlliterativeName |
| 824 | * TheApprentice: To Dennis Rock, Thom Harinck, Mike Passenier, and Martin Jansen. |
| 825 | * BadassFamily: His uncle and his younger brother Moreno were a UsefulNotes/MuayThai practitioners and first introduced Melvin to the sport. |
| 826 | * BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: Manhoef was knocked out by a single hard punch from Robbie Lawler who was almost unanimously believed to be his inferior at stand-up striking. During DREAM's 2010 Light Heavyweight Grand Prix semifinals, Manhoef would even be knocked down by his opponent Tatsuya Mizuno, slugged multiple times (while his head was trapped by a turnbuckle pad of all things!)... and then submitted. |
| 827 | * TheBerserker: Has stated that when he fights, he goes all in and it shows. |
| 828 | * CoolTeacher: Has his own MMA school, Manhoef Fight & Fitness. |
| 829 | * GlassCannon: Manhoef, a Dutch kickboxer, has truly horrifying punching power. He was the first man to ever knock out Mark Hunt, who was famous for shrugging off career-ending strikes to his presumably granite-filled head. Manhoef delivered the KO◊ while moving backwards. Unfortunately, even though he's fought at the highest levels of UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} and MMA and can put together beautiful offensive combinations, Manhoef's strike defense is quite lacking, and he has been knocked out by mid-level fighters far more often than an elite striker should. More saliently, [[CripplingOverspecialization his grappling skills are pure garbage]]. For MMA professionals, fighting Manhoef can either end in Melvin decapitating you with a punch, or with him meekly tapping out 15 seconds after the fight hits the mat. |
| 830 | * HeroKiller: He beat Wrestling/KazushiSakuraba and Mark Hunt by KO (for Hunt the first one to do so). |
| 831 | * HiddenDepths: Played soccer well enough scouted by teams and originally wanted to be pro soccer player until he broke his ankle at 18 years old. |
| 832 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/MuayThai: Trained at several UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} gyms like Rock's Gym, Chakuriki Gym, and Mike's Gym. He also has a brown belt in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu under Caio Terra (not that he really shows it). |
| 833 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: Is only 5ft 8. |
| 834 | * RedBaron: "No Mercy". |
| 835 | * ScaryBlackMan: Originally born in Paramaribo, Suriname. In MMA, 28 of his 30 wins have come via knockout, the highest percentage of any MMA fighter with at least 15 wins. |
| 836 | * StartMyOwn: Founded a UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} and MMA-promotion named World Fighting League. |
| 837 | * UnskilledButStrong: A pure kickboxer, as his grappling skills are practically non-existent. |
| 838 | |
| 839 | !!!Herman Maree |
| 840 | * TheApprentice: To Oscar van der Veen. |
| 841 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Van Der Veen Gym. |
| 842 | |
| 843 | !!!Chico Martinez |
| 844 | * AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: Has his own fight team, Team El Toro. |
| 845 | * BadassSpaniard: He is of Spainard descent. |
| 846 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Angelo Gym. |
| 847 | * RedBaron: "El Toro" ("The Bull"). |
| 848 | |
| 849 | !!!Brian Maulany |
| 850 | * TheApprentice: To Bob Schrijber. |
| 851 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Sports Academy Schrijber. |
| 852 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is sometimes listed as Brian Moulany. |
| 853 | |
| 854 | !!!Tom van der Meijden |
| 855 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} |
| 856 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 857 | |
| 858 | !!!Jerry Mooldijk |
| 859 | * TheApprentice: To Thom Harinck and Erwin van der Meulen. |
| 860 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at the Chakuriki Gym. |
| 861 | |
| 862 | !!!Alfred Neef |
| 863 | * TheApprentice: To Dave Jonkers. |
| 864 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Penjak Silat]]: Was a European and world champion, he also trained in Ashihara UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} and UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}. |
| 865 | |
| 866 | !!!Robin Offerman |
| 867 | * LargeHamAnnouncer: Was a ring announcer for RINGS Holland shows. |
| 868 | * NonActionGuy: Was not a fighter. |
| 869 | |
| 870 | !!!Robert Openneer |
| 871 | * IKnowKarate: Kyokushin black belt. |
| 872 | |
| 873 | !!!John Ouwerkerk |
| 874 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} |
| 875 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 876 | |
| 877 | !!!Pedro de Palm |
| 878 | * AlliterativeName |
| 879 | * TheApprentice: To Jan Plas. |
| 880 | * DelinquentHair: A mohawk. |
| 881 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at the Mejiro Gym. He also trained in boxing and UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}, and trained for MMA at Cosmo Sportline Gym. |
| 882 | * StoutStrength |
| 883 | |
| 884 | !!!Richard Plug |
| 885 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman. |
| 886 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Fysio Sportline Gym and also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}. |
| 887 | * {{Jerkass}}: Has been arrested a few times for a series of drug trafficking, extortion, assaults, and threats. |
| 888 | * RedBaron: "Ikelaar". |
| 889 | |
| 890 | !!!Jimmy Portier |
| 891 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at the Shima Gym. |
| 892 | |
| 893 | !!!Sicco Postma |
| 894 | * TheApprentice: To Mike Passenier. |
| 895 | * CoolTeacher: Became a MMA trainer. |
| 896 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Mike's Gym. |
| 897 | * RedBaron: ("Het Beest van Sneek") "The Beast of Sneek". |
| 898 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Most MMA record sites have him listed as Sikko Postema. |
| 899 | |
| 900 | !!!Dennis de Preter |
| 901 | * LargeHamAnnouncer: His job in RINGS Holland as a fight official. |
| 902 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Kenpo]]: As well as UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}. |
| 903 | * NonActionGuy: Never fought in RINGS. |
| 904 | |
| 905 | !!!Faizel Reding |
| 906 | * TheApprentice: To Thom Harinck. |
| 907 | * GuestFighter: Also fought in a few Seikendo events. |
| 908 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Chakuriki Dojo. |
| 909 | * ScaryBlackMan |
| 910 | |
| 911 | !!!Renaldo Rijkhoff |
| 912 | * AlliterativeName |
| 913 | * TheApprentice: To Hans Nijman and Michel van Halderen. |
| 914 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: And was also a Dutch national boxing champion. |
| 915 | |
| 916 | !!!Arnoud Ritzema |
| 917 | * TheApprentice: To Chris Dolman and Peter Hoopman. |
| 918 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: As well as UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}}. |
| 919 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Ritzema or Ritsema? |
| 920 | |
| 921 | !!!Ronny Rivano |
| 922 | * AlliterativeName |
| 923 | * TheApprentice: To Dutch karateka Henk Sweers. |
| 924 | * IKnowKarate: Trained at the Ki-ai-do Dojo and is a 3rd dan black belt in Kyokushin and a bronze medalist at the world games. He also trained in UsefulNotes/MuayThai and MMA at Fysio Sportline Gym. |
| 925 | * RedBaron: "Karate". |
| 926 | |
| 927 | !!!Marc van Rooijen |
| 928 | * TheApprentice: To Oscar van der Veen. |
| 929 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at the Van Der Veen Gym. |
| 930 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: His surname is sometimes written on MMA sites as Rooyen. |
| 931 | |
| 932 | !!!Rick Rootlieb |
| 933 | * AlliterativeName |
| 934 | * TheApprentice: To Peter Van Os. |
| 935 | * DelinquentHair: Dyes his hair in all sorts of colours like red and green. |
| 936 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Loek's Gym. |
| 937 | |
| 938 | !!!Hans Roovers |
| 939 | * CoolTeacher: Is now a personal trainer, one of the trainers at Karate Team Boelbaai, at Jimmy's Gym in boxing and UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}, and an assistant national coach at the Karate Do Bond Nederland. |
| 940 | * IKnowKarate: A 3rd dan black belt in Kyokushin, a Dutch national champion and a multiple time runner-up in the European and World championships. He has also trained in boxing, UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}, amateur wrestling, and UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu. |
| 941 | * RedBaron: "Hansoku". |
| 942 | |
| 943 | !!!Jeffrey van 't Schip |
| 944 | * TheApprentice: To Bob Schrijber. |
| 945 | * CoolTeacher: Is now a UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} trainer. |
| 946 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Fysio Sportline and later at Sport Academy Schrijber. |
| 947 | |
| 948 | !!!Dave Scott |
| 949 | * TheApprentice: To Oscar van der Veen. |
| 950 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Van der Veen Gym. |
| 951 | * ScaryBlackMan |
| 952 | |
| 953 | !!!Jordi Soederhuizen |
| 954 | * TheApprentice: To Cor Hemmers and Dave Jonkers. |
| 955 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at the Golden Glory Gym. |
| 956 | |
| 957 | !!!Peter Steet |
| 958 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} |
| 959 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 960 | |
| 961 | !!!Stephen Tapilatu |
| 962 | * TheApprentice: To his father Wijnand Tapilatu, Chris Dolman, Cor Hemmers and Dave Jonkers. |
| 963 | * BadassFamily: Is a member of a large and successful UsefulNotes/{{Taekwondo}} family headed by his father Master Wijnand Tapilatu, who was a member of the winning Dutch team that took the 1984 World Taekwondo Championship. His sister Bianca and his cousins Django and Patiparu have also won many ITF titles. Bianca Tapilatu is married to Tomaž Barada, three times ITF World Champion and six times ITF European champion. |
| 964 | * CoolTeacher: Is a personal trainer and a national coach of ITF Netherlands. |
| 965 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Taekwondo}}: A 6th Dan black belt, a ITF World Champion in 1990 and 1994, won two European titles, in 1990 and 1992, in 1991 he won a silver medal at the WTF World Championship in Athens and won the King of UsefulNotes/{{Taekwondo}} competition in Tokyo, Japan, in 1995 and 1996. He also trained for UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} and MMA with Chris Dolman and later with the Golden Glory gym. |
| 966 | * RedBaron: "The Dragon". |
| 967 | |
| 968 | !!!Andre Tete |
| 969 | * TheApprentice: To Thom Harinck, Peter Hoopman and Michel van Halderen. |
| 970 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: A Dutch national champion. |
| 971 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 972 | * RedBaron: "The Panther". |
| 973 | * ScaryBlackMan |
| 974 | |
| 975 | !!!Michael Tielrooy |
| 976 | * TheApprentice: To Thom Harinck. |
| 977 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Chakuriki Gym. |
| 978 | |
| 979 | !!!Herman van Tol |
| 980 | * TheApprentice: To Peter Van Os. |
| 981 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Amateur Wrestling]]: A 6 time Dutch national champion. He also trained in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} at Loek's Gym. |
| 982 | |
| 983 | !!!George Torchinava |
| 984 | * AffectionateNickname: "Gia". |
| 985 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know Freestyle Wrestling]]: Represented The Netherlands at the 2000 Olympics. |
| 986 | * [[OperatorFromIndia Wrestler from Georgia]]: He was originally from Georgia but represented the Netherlands when wrestling. |
| 987 | |
| 988 | !!!Dave Vader |
| 989 | * TheApprentice: To Peter Van Os. |
| 990 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Loek's Gym. |
| 991 | |
| 992 | !!!Jerrel Venetiaan |
| 993 | -->''"Jerrel Venetiaan--who has one of my favorite names in all of combat sports, trailing behind Rambaa Somdet--was another part of the biggest night in the Pride/K-1 war, the 2002 Shockwave/Dynamite show. Venetiaan wasn't actually a stranger to MMA--he came into the show with a 2-2-0-1 MMA record, having competed at RINGS Holland and It's Showtime already. He was by no means a grappler, though--and the matchmakers knew it, as they put him against the ever-canny Daijiro Matsui, expecting Matsui to outwrestle and submit him for a good, easy victory. Instead, Venetiaan won--in possibly the biggest shock of all, by decision. Most of the fight has been lost, as on all official releases of the show the first and second rounds have been removed (seriously, organizations, stop doing this), but Venetiaan was landing on the feet and, as we see in the third round, successfully sprawling on Matsui's takedowns. It appears, however, that Venetiaan either didn't know or hadn't been briefed on the rules: Despite being a muay thai specialist with great knees, he holds Matsui in the three-point position for the whole fight and never knees him in his perfectly-placed head. So Venetiaan won a decision. He probably wasn't supposed to do that. Pride made him pay for it, too: A few months later Pride booked him again, this time in a match against fellow RINGS veteran and much better (and bigger) grappler Hirotaka Yokoi, who ragdolled him, pounded on him for two rounds and eventually armbarred him. Venetiaan would fight only once more, a KO victory over Joop Kasteel, before retiring to just kickboxing. And he was no slouch there, either: He won two regional K-1 GPs, but failed to ever qualify for the World GP. He did hold a couple regional kickboxing titles, but he never had a moment in the sun in the sport--the most visible he got was a decision loss against Peter Aerts. Still an awesome name, though."'' |
| 994 | -->-- A profile of Venetiaan from a VideoGame/FireProWrestling user [=CarlCX=] from https://steamcommunity.com |
| 995 | |
| 996 | * TheApprentice: To Johan Vos, Ivan Hippolyte, and Ernesto Hoost. |
| 997 | * HeroKiller: In MMA, he holds notable wins against Daijiro Matsui and Joop Kasteel. In UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}, he defeated guys such as Remy Bonjasky, Bjorn Bregy, Xhavit Bajrami and Jorgen Kruth. |
| 998 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: He was the champion of two K-1 GPs. He trained at Vos Gym. |
| 999 | * ScaryBlackMan |
| 1000 | |
| 1001 | !!!Tjerk Vermanen |
| 1002 | * TheApprentice: To Peter Van Os. |
| 1003 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at the Loek's Gym. |
| 1004 | |
| 1005 | !!!Peter Verschuren |
| 1006 | * TheApprentice: To Peter Hoopman and Mike Passenier. |
| 1007 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Taekwondo}}: A Dutch national champion, trained in UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} at the Hoopman Gym and Mike's Gym. He also had one professional boxing match. |
| 1008 | |
| 1009 | !!!John Verstegen |
| 1010 | * TheApprentice: To Wout Kist. |
| 1011 | * CoolTeacher: Has his own gym, Free Fight Club Beesd. |
| 1012 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at the Vechtsportcentrum Wout Kist as well as UsefulNotes/{{Sambo}} and is a 2nd Dan in "Free Fight". |
| 1013 | |
| 1014 | !!!Jonny van Wanrooy |
| 1015 | * TheApprentice: To Peter Van Os and Wout Kist. |
| 1016 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at Loek's Gym. He also trained for MMA at Vechtsportcentrum Wout Kist. |
| 1017 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Johnny or Jonny? |
| 1018 | |
| 1019 | !!!Gerard van Wijk |
| 1020 | * TheApprentice: To Dave Jonkers and Semmy Schilt. |
| 1021 | * IKnowKarate: A black belt in Kyokushin and a 3rd dan in Ashihara UsefulNotes/{{Karate}}. |
| 1022 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 1023 | |
| 1024 | !!!Gerrie van Wirdum |
| 1025 | * TheApprentice: To Richard van Asdonck. |
| 1026 | * BadassFamily: Her husband Wout Kist is a free fight pioneer and MMA trainer. |
| 1027 | * BadassTeacher: A RINGS Holland trainer and helps run her husband's gym. |
| 1028 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}}: Trained at the Sportcentrum Van Asdonck. She also has some experience in savate competitions. |
| 1029 | * [[NonActionGuy Non-Action Girl]]: Never fought in RINGS. |
| 1030 | * OfficeLady: Has worked the office operations of Sportcentrum Van Asdonck and RINGS Holland, is a secretary at the Free Fight Federation and also works membership administration for Vechtsportcentrum Wout Kist. |
| 1031 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: Is possibly the only female RINGS Holland board member. |
| 1032 | |
| 1033 | !!!Johan Woudstra |
| 1034 | * [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} |
| 1035 | * {{Jobber}} |
| 1036 | |
| 1037 | !!!Ronald Wustenberg |
| 1038 | * LargeHamAnnouncer: A prolific ring announcer from The Netherlands. |
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