Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs Volk Han

Volk Han is a well decorated Russian Grappler who had extensive mixed martial arts training. He was a highly decorated Sambo fighter. When he fought Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, people knew that this was going to be a fight between world class grapplers. Nogueira was a world class BJJ fighter. It was going to be interesting to see which fighter dominated the on the ground. The event in which they fought in was called RINGS - King of Kings 2000 Final.

The fight took place on 24th of February 2001. Nogueira won the fight by a unanimous decision. The event was held in Tokyo, Japan.