ary ▁catch ▁wrest ling ▁expert ▁Y osh ia ki ▁Fu ji w ara ▁in ▁a ▁special ▁match ▁that ▁ended ▁in ▁a ▁draw . ▁ ▁M ixed ▁mart ial ▁arts ▁career ▁After ▁years ▁compet ing ▁in ▁professional ▁wrest ling , ▁Han ▁switched ▁to ▁mixed ▁mart ial ▁arts ▁when ▁R ING S ▁adopted ▁this ▁format ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁This ▁decision ▁was ▁very ▁anticip ated , ▁despite ▁Han ' s ▁advanced ▁age , ▁due ▁to ▁his ▁world ▁class ▁sam bo ▁skills . ▁Following ▁a ▁winning ▁debut ▁against ▁R ING S ▁ro ok ie ▁Y as uh ito ▁Name ka wa , ▁Volk ' s ▁skills ▁were ▁proven ▁further ▁against ▁American ▁wrest ler ▁and ▁Mark ▁Cole man ' s ▁team mate ▁Br anden ▁Lee ▁H ink le , ▁ 1 2 ▁years ▁his ▁junior . ▁Although ▁H ink le ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁take ▁Han ▁down ▁and ▁control ▁him , ▁the ▁Russian ▁gra pp ler ▁locked ▁a ▁tight ▁triangle ▁arm bar ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁round ▁and ▁made ▁him ▁tap ▁out . ▁Han ▁got ▁a ▁match up ▁closer ▁in ▁age ▁and ▁experience ▁against ▁Olympic ▁fre est yle ▁al umn i ▁Z aza ▁T kes hel ash v ili ▁in ▁a ▁special ▁Russia ▁vs ▁Georgia ▁fight , ▁but ▁again ▁Han ▁won ▁by ▁submission ▁with ▁a ▁gu ill ot ine ▁cho ke . ▁ ▁In ▁December , ▁Han ▁took ▁part ▁in ▁the ▁King ▁of ▁Kings ▁tournament , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁p itted ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁round ▁against ▁R ING S ▁England ▁leader ▁Lee ▁Has