MMA 2004 

Saitama Super Arena

May 22, 2004

Tokyo, Japan

Sportsnavi is reporting that K-1 has released a preliminary list of names that are scheduled to work their

MMA show on May 22nd.

Preliminary list of fighters to participate:

- Bob Sapp (K-1 veteran)

- Sam Greco (K-1 veteran)

- Alexey Ignashov (K-1 veteran)

- Michael McDonald (K-1 veteran)

- Yoshihiro Nakao (K-1 Dynamite veteran)

- Kazuyuki Fujita (PRIDE veteran)

- Lyoto Machida (K-1 MMA veteran)

- Josh Barnett (Pancrase\NJPW)

- Masayuki Naruse (Pro-wrestler\K-1 Dynamite veteran)

- Kazunari Murakami (Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye veteran)

- Dolgorsuren Sumiyabazar (K-1 MMA veteran)

- Blue Wolf (Pro-wrestler NJPW)

- The Predator (Pro-wrestler\Zero one veteran)

- Tom Howard  (Pro-wrestler\Zero one veteran)

- Nathan Jones (Pro-wrestler\WWE veteran)

- Norifumi "Kid" Yamamoto (K-1 max veteran)

- Genki Sudo (K-1\UFC veteran)

- Takehiro Murahama (DEEP veteran)

- Shinsuke Nakamura

Sportsnavi also reports that K-1 is planning to have Rickson Gracie participate in an event before the year

ends and that Gary Goodridge challenged Shannon Briggs to a fight which we may end up seeing in the

near future.

card subject to change 

(4/5/04)