7 ▁on ▁September ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁Hoff man , ▁who ▁seemed ▁to ▁lack ▁card io ▁and ▁condition ing , ▁lost ▁the ▁bout ▁via ▁un anim ous ▁decision . ▁E ight ▁days ▁later , ▁Hoff man ▁won ▁the ▁R ING S ▁USA : ▁R ising ▁Stars ▁Tournament ▁and ▁then ▁had ▁two ▁more ▁f ights ▁with ▁the ▁Japan - based ▁organization ▁before ▁returning ▁to ▁the ▁U FC ▁at ▁U FC ▁ 3 0 . ▁Hoff man ▁faced ▁South ▁African ▁Mark ▁Robinson ▁and ▁originally ▁won ▁the ▁bout ▁via ▁knock out ▁at ▁ 3 : 2 7 ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁round , ▁but ▁the ▁decision ▁was ▁later ▁changed ▁to ▁a ▁no - cont est ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁revealed ▁that ▁Hoff man ▁failed ▁a ▁drug ▁test ▁for ▁mar iju ana . ▁ ▁Hoff man ▁went ▁ 5 - 0 - 1 ▁in ▁his ▁next ▁six ▁f ights ▁with ▁wins ▁in ▁the ▁R ING S ▁organization ▁against ▁Mik h ail ▁I ly uk hin ▁and ▁Ry ush i ▁Yan ag is awa , ▁and ▁also ▁became ▁the ▁King ▁of ▁the ▁C age ▁super ▁heavy weight ▁champion ▁on ▁June ▁ 2 3 , ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁after ▁defe ating ▁K au ai ▁K up ihe a ▁via ▁submission ▁due ▁to ▁p unch es . ▁Hoff man ▁was ▁later ▁stri pped ▁of ▁his ▁title ▁after ▁leaving ▁the ▁promotion , ▁with ▁the ▁win ▁over ▁I ly uk hin ▁being ▁his ▁next ▁fight . ▁After ▁returning ▁to ▁King ▁of ▁the ▁C age ▁and