PRIDE FC 

Critical Countdown 2004  

June 20, 2004

Saitama Super Arena  

Japan

PRIDE FC has released the match-ups for the second round of the heavyweight Grand Prix tournament.

Winners of the second round will go onto the semi-final and final rounds in August. 

Heavyweight GP Opening Round Results (4/25/04)

Line-up (no particular order):

Fight 1 - Heavyweight GP Quarter-Final Bout

Fedor Emelianenko vs. Kevin “The Monster” Randleman  

Fight 2 - Heavyweight GP Quarter-Final Bout

Naoya Ogawa vs. Paulo Cesar “Giant” Silva

Fight 3 - Heavyweight GP Quarter-Final Bout

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

Fight 4 - Heavyweight GP Quarter-Final Bout

Semmy Schilt vs. Sergei Kharitonov  

Also expected to participate:

Kazushi Sakuraba, Hidehiko Yoshida, and Mark Hunt.

   PRIDE FC 16-Man Heavyweight Tournament

CRITICAL COUNTDOWN 2004

June 20, 2004

Saitama Super Arena

(Second Round)

FINAL CONFLICT 2004

August 15, 2004

Saitama Super Arena

(Semi-Finals and Finals)  

Card subject to change

(5/31/04)