PRIDE Open-weight Grand Prix Tournament

Two Bouts Added

May 5, 2006

Osaka Dome

Osaka, Japan

The 16-man open-weight tournament begins with the May 5th event at the Osaka Dome in Osaka, Japan.

The second round of the tournament will take place on July 1st at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama,

Japan with the final round being held on September 10th, also at the Saitama Super Arena.

Line-up so far:

Fight 1 - Open-weight GP Bout (Opening Round) - added

Kazuyuki Fujita vs. James Thompson

Fight 2 - Open-weight GP Bout (Opening Round) - added

Alistair Overeem vs. Fabricio Werdum

Fight 3 - Open-weight GP Bout (Opening Round)

Hidehiko Yoshida vs. Yosuke Nishijima

Fight 4 - Open-weight GP Bout (Opening Round)

Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Ikuhisa Minowa

Fight 5 - Open-weight GP Bout (Opening Round)

Josh Barnett vs. Alexander Emelianenko

Fighters expected to participate in GP:

- Tsuyoshi Kosaka

- Mark Hunt

- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

- Wanderlei Silva

Subject to change

(4/19/06)