Three Bouts Added 

June 20, 2004

Saitama Super Arena

Japan

PRIDE has announced three more bouts for their June 20th event that will feature the quarter-final matches

of the heavyweight Grand Prix. First up, fan favorite Kazushi Sakuraba will be in action against Brazilian

black belt Nino Schembri. This bout will be a rematch of their PRIDE 25 bout in which Schembri won

via TKO (knees). Also, former K-1 Grand Prix champion Mark Hunt will make his debut in PRIDE when he

takes on Judo expert Hidehiko Yoshida. And 2003 PRIDE Grand Prix middleweight tournament finalist

Quenton "Rampage" Jackson will face PRIDE veteran Ricardo Arona for the rank of number one

middleweight contender. The winner of this match will be in position for a title shot in October, 2004.

Line-up (no particular order):

Fight 1 - Single Fight

Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Nino Schembri

Fight 2 - Single Fight

Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Mark Hunt

Fight 3 - Single Fight

Quenton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Ricardo Arona

Fight 4 - Heavyweight GP Quarter-Final Bout

Fedor Emelianenko vs. Kevin “The Monster” Randleman  

Fight 5 - Heavyweight GP Quarter-Final Bout

Naoya Ogawa vs. Paulo Cesar “Giant” Silva

Fight 6 - Heavyweight GP Quarter-Final Bout

Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira vs. “The Texas Crazy Horse” Heath Herring 

Fight 7 - Heavyweight GP Quarter-Final Bout

Semmy Schilt vs. Sergei Kharitonov  

Card Subject to Change

(6/2/04)