PRIDE 29

February 20, 2005

Saitama Super Arena - 4pm

Saitama, Japan

PRIDE has announced five bouts for their upcoming February 20th event - PRIDE 29, to take place at the

Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. First up, fan favorite Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic is scheduled to

face 2000 PRIDE Grand Prix champion Mark Coleman. Next, PRIDE middleweight standout Quenton

"Rampage" Jackson will be back in action against PRIDE veteran Murillo "Ninja" Rua. "Ice Cold" Igor

Vovchanchyn is scheduled to face UFC \ Pancrase veteran Yoshiki Takahashi. PRIDE veterans

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Alistair Overeem will face off plus PRIDE heavyweight GP quarterfinalist

Sergey Kharitonov will battle Choi Mu Bae (undefeated in PRIDE).

Line-up (not in fight order):

Fight 1

Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Mark Coleman

Fight 2

Quenton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Murilo "Ninja" Rua

Fight 3

Alistair Overeem vs. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

Fight 4

Igor Vovchanchyn vs. Yoshiki Takahashi

Fight 5

Choi Mu Bae vs. Sergey Kharitonov

Also expected to participate:

- Ryan Gracie

- Kazuhiro Nakamura

- Mauricio "Shogun" Rua

- Hirotaka Yokoi

- Fabricio Werdum  (according to Sportsnavi)

Card subject to change

(1/27/05)