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Christiaan " Chris" Dolman (born 17 February 1945) is a Dutch people retired judoka, sambo fighter and wrestler. He won a silver medal at the 1974 European Judo Championships and a gold at the 1985 World Sambo Championships, counting as the first non-Russian sambo world champion,J. Dick Schilder, From Russia with Love: Dutchman Steals Sambo Crown, Black Belt Magazine, February 1970 and has over 40 national and 10 international championships. He is known for his career in Fighting Network Rings and for his role training several Dutch Mixed Martial Artists and , among them Bas Rutten, Alistair Overeem and Valentijn Overeem, Gilbert Yvel and Gegard Mousasi.
His first visit to the Japanese rings was in 1976, backing Willem Ruska during his professional wrestling match against Antonio Inoki in New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Inspired by this kind of competition, he celebrated a tournament of modern pankration in Holland in 1981. In 1984, Dolman had his own professional wrestling debut in Universal Wrestling Federation, wrestling Kazuo Yamazaki in a different style fight which Dolman won by armbar.
After UWF's demise, Dolman was contacted by Akira Maeda for his Fighting Network Rings promotion. Leading a stable of Dutch apprentices, which included Dick Vrij, Gilbert Yvel, Valentijn Overeem and other names, Dolman became Maeda's first rival in Rings. He would win the inaugural Rings Mega Battle Tournament in 1993 defeating Maeda in the finals, although the Japanese got revenge on him eliminating him from the 1993 edition. After being eliminated by Yoshihisa Yamamoto the next year, Dolman would stop competing in the tournament, dedicating himself fully to his stablemaster role. His final in-ring match was in 1995, defeating his underling Joop Kasteel.
According to Jon Bluming, Dolman challenged the Gracie family several times during his stint in Rings, but they never answered his letters.
He currently teaches at the Chakuriki Gym along with Thom Harinck and leads the RINGS Holland promotion.
Championships and accomplishments
Greco-Roman/Freestyle Wrestling
Judo
Professional Wrestling
Sambo
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Categories: 1945 Births, Living People, Dutch Male Mixed Martial Artists, Dutch Male Judoka, Dutch Male Karateka, Dutch Male Kickboxers, Dutch Sambo Practitioners, Kyokushin Kaikan Practitioners, Heavyweight Mixed Martial Artists, Mixed Martial Artists Utilizing Judo, Mixed Martial Artists Utilizing Sambo, Mixed Martial Arts Referees, Mixed Martial Arts Trainers, Martial Artists From Amsterdam, World Games Gold Medalists For The Netherlands, World Games Medalists In Sambo, Medalists At The 1985 World Games, 20th-century Dutch Sportsmen
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