FINAL CONFLICT - Round Format 

LOS ANGELES – Due to the nature of the upcoming PRIDE FC event, tournament matches will be shortened from the traditional three rounds to two for FINAL CONFLICT, scheduled for November 9th, 2003 from the Tokyo Dome in Japan.

FINAL CONFLICT Round Format: Semi-Final, Final, and Reserve Matches -  

Round 1

10 minutes  

Round 2

5 minutes  

(2 minute interval between rounds)

This adjusted round format is only for bouts related to the tournament.  All other matches on the fight card will be held in the traditional 10-5-5 format.

FINAL CONFLICT

Fight Card

(Presented in Order)

Fight 1

Gary “Big Daddy” Goodridge vs. Dan “The Bull” Bobish 

Fight 2 - Middleweight Tournament Match # 1

Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell 

Fight 3 - Middleweight Tournament Match # 2

Wanderlei Silva vs. Hidehiko Yoshida

Fight 4 - Middleweight Tournament Match # 3 (Reserve Match)

Dan Henderson vs. Murilo Bustamante

Fight 5

Heath Herring vs. Norihisa Yamamoto

Fight 6

Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Kevin Randleman

Fight 7 - PRIDE FC Interim Heavyweight Championship Match

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. Antonio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira

Fight 8 - Middleweight Tournament Final Match

Winner Liddell/Jackson vs. Winner Silva/Yoshida

Fight Card is subject to change.

FINAL CONFLICT is scheduled for November 9^th, 2003 from the Tokyo Dome in Japan.  The event will premiere on North American pay per view (through iNDEMAND, DIRECTV, DISH NETWORK, UrbanXtra, TVN1, Bell Express Vu, and Viewer’s Choice) on November 9^th via same day delay.

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

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

(10/29/03)