PRIDE 28

High Octane Fight Card Complete

Official Release

October 31, 2004

Saitama Super Arena

Saitama, Japan

LOS ANGELES – Four more bouts have been added to PRIDE FIGHTING’s October 31st event, HIGH

OCTANE.   Already headlining the event is the highly anticipated title bout between middleweight world

champion Wanderlei Silva and top contender Quinton “Rampage” Jackson.  Now added to the

fightcard:  “The Demolition Man” Alistair Overeem versus Japan’s Hiromitsu Kanehara, England’s

James Thompson versus Russia’s Aleksander Emelianenko, Ricardo Arona of Brazilian Top Team

versus Sergei Ignatev of the Russian Top Team, and Choi Mu Bae of Korea versus Soa Palelei of

Australia.  In addition, there are also four other previously announced matches including Mirko “Cro Cop”

Filipovic versus Josh “The Babyface Assassin” Barnett.

HIGH OCTANE will take place from the Saitama Super Arena in Japan and is scheduled to debut on North

American pay per view via iNDEMAND, DIRECTV, DISH Network, and TVN on Sunday, October 31st, 2004

at 9:00pm EST, 6:00pm PST. 

Fight Card

 Wanderlei Silva (Brazil) vs. Quinton Jackson (USA)

(Champion)                       (Challenger)

(This bout is for the PRIDE middleweight championship)

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (Croatia) vs. Josh Barnett (USA)

Dan Henderson (USA) vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura (Japan)

Hirotaka Yokoi (Japan) vs. Heath Herring (USA)

Mark Hunt (New Zealand) vs. Dan Bobish (USA)

Ricardo Arona (Brazil) vs. Sergei Ignatev (Russia)

Hiromitsu Kanehara (Japan) vs. Alistair Overeem (Holland)

Aleksander Emelianenko (Russia) vs. James Thompson (England)

Choi Mu Bae (Korea) vs. Soa Palelei (Australia)

Fight card subject to change.

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- Press Release issued by Dream Stage Entertainment (with a little editing from us - color, highlights, etc...)

(10/22/04)