Maeda Retirement The Final 10th Anniversary





Akira Maeda Retirement Show


 July 20, 1998 in Yokohama, Japan
Yokohama Arena drawing 17,800
  1. Gilbert Yvel beat Orjal Beckov (2:87) via submission.

  2. Christopher Hazemann TKO Borislov Jeliazkov (8:20).

  3. Joop Kasteel KO Paul Varelans (7:23).

  4. Hiromitsu Kanehara beat Dick Vrij (4:22) via submission.

  5. Volk Han beat Kenichi Yamamoto (8:24) via submission.

  6. Kiyoshi Tamura beat Wataru Sakata (9:44) via submission.

  7. RINGs World Champ Bitszade Tariel KO Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (7:43).

  8. Akira Maeda beat Yoshihisa Yamamoto (20:00) via decision.
Guests: Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Animal Hamaguchi, Junji Hirata, Antonio Inoki, Don Nakaya Nielson, Nobuhiko Takada, Genichiro Tenryu, Kotetsu Yamamoto, and Kazuo Yamazaki

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The Final


 February 21, 1999 in Yokohama, Japan
Yokohama Arena drawing 17,048 ($2,479,000)
  1. Yasuhito Namekawa beat Ryuki Ueyama (22:00) via points.

  2. Yoshihisa Yamamoto beat Andrei Kopylov (6:55) via submission.

  3. Volk Han beat Nikolai Zuev (4:49) via submission.

  4. Sean Alvarez beat Wataru Sakata (20:00) via decision in a "vale tudo" match.

  5. Ricardo Morias beat Hiromitsu Kanehara (20:00) via decision.

  6. Kiyoshi Tamura beat Valentijn Overeem (6:08) via submission.

  7. Alexander Karelin beat Akira Maeda (5:00 - 2nd Rnd) via points.
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10th Anniversary


 August 11, 2001 in Tokyo, Japan
Ariake Coliseum drawing 4,977
  1. Gustavo Ximu beat Christopher Haseman (2nd) via unanimous decision.

  2. Ricardo Arona beat Jeremy Horn (2nd) via decision.

  3. Bobby Hoffman TKO beat Ilioukhine Mikhail (2nd).

  4. Emelianenko Fedor beat Renato Babalu (2nd) via unanimous decision.

  5. Volk Han drew Yoshiaki Fujiwara (10:00).

  6. Hirotaka Yokoi beat Ricardo Fyeet (1st - 2:34) via submission.

  7. Volk Ataev KO Aaron Brink (1st - 1:09).

  8. Ricardo Arona KO Gustavo Ximu (1st - 1:29).

  9. Emelianenko Fedor beat Bobby Hoffman via forfeit to win the vacant Rings Heavyweight Title.

  10. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka KO Grom Koba (1st - 2:17).

  11. Matt Hughes beat Hiromitsu Kanehara (3rd) via decision.
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