TOTAL ELIMINATION 2004 MATCH UPS!

LOS ANGELES – Seven match ups have been announced for the sixteen man heavyweight tournament,

TOTAL ELIMINATION 2004, which will take place on April 25th, 2004 from the Saitama Super Arena in

Japan.  The event is scheduled to debut on North American pay per view on same day delay.

In addition, a new participant has been added to the card --- Naoya Ogawa.  The 6’4”, 253-pound Ogawa is

a silver medallist in Judo (at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games) and brings in a mixed martial arts record

of 5-0.

Fight Card:

Fedor Emelianenko vs. Mark “The Hammer” Coleman

Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira vs. Hirotaka Yokoi

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. Kevin “The Monster” Randleman

“The Texas Crazy Horse” Heath Herring vs. Yoshiki Takahashi

Murilo “Ninja” Rua vs. Sergei Kharitonov

Naoya Ogawa vs. Stefan “Blitz” Leko

Paulo Cesar “Giant” Silva vs. Henry “Sentoryu” Miller

Previously announced participant Ron “H20” Waterman is still on the fightcard.  The remaining participants

and match-ups for the opening round will be announced shortly.

The schedule for the tournament is as follows:

PRIDE FC 16-Man Heavyweight Tournament

TOTAL ELIMINATION 2004

April 25, 2004

Saitama Super Arena

(Opening Round)

CRITICAL COUNTDOWN 2004

June 20, 2004

Saitama Super Arena

(Second Round)

FINAL CONFLICT 2004

August 15, 2004

Saitama Super Arena

(Semi-Finals and Finals)

PRIDE FC: TOTAL ELIMINATION 2004 will premiere on North American pay per view through iNDEMAND,

DIRECTV, DISH NETWORK, UrbanXtra, TVN1, Bell Express Vu, and Viewer’s Choice Canada on Sunday,

April 25th, 2004.  The premiere time is 9:00pm EST, 6:00pm PST and the count down show is at 8:30pm

EST, 5:30pm PST.  For additional replay times, please contact your pay per view provider or pridefc.com. 

Participants and fight card are subject to change.

For more information on PRIDE FC, visit pridefc.com!

- From Dream Stage Entertainment (with a little editing from us - color, highlights, etc...)

(4/14/04)