TAPE 917

Quality: EX (Master Convert)

Length: 2 hrs (DVD)

RINGS FREE FIGHT GALA '98 - 2/8/98 (The fourth in RINGS annual all-shoot shows in Holland.  
	Solid stuff in front of a lively crowd.  I've got a VHS master convert so VQ is EX.)

	Christopher Haseman vs Valentin Overeem
	Pedro Palm vs Sander Mac Killian
	Sander Thonhauser vs Cees Bezems (Thonhauser, who is a completely unskilled hack on the
 		ground, somehow manages to pull off a submission win here)
	Johan Buur vs Dave Van Der Veen
	Wataru Sakata vs Willie Peeters (Wild fight - Peeters breaks the rules over and over and
		gets away with it.  Finally, after Peeters nails Sakata with yet another illegal elbow,
		a Japanese guy at ringside gets pissed and grabs hold of Peeters leg and starts trying
		to pull him off of Sakata!  Naturally, Peeters is pissed, so he jumps to his feet and 
		DRILLS the guy with a punch in the face.  Much chaos ensues and eventually Peeters ends
		up winning.  Total BS.)
	Joop Kasteel vs Bitsadze Ameran
	Gilbert Yvel vs Bob Schreiber (Kind of like a Tough Man version of MMA - all-action, all
		swinging for the fences.  Weird to see the two dirtiest fighters ever hook it up in a
		relatively clean fight - weirder yet, Mr. No Submission Skills Yvel scores a submission!)
	Tsuyoshi Kohsaka vs Rob Van Esdonk
	Dick Vrij vs Paul Varelans
	1997 RINGS Highlights