Hero's Light Heavyweight Tournament

 Kazushi Sakuraba Debut

August 5, 2006

Ariake Colosseum

Tokyo, Japan

Hero's announced seven fighters that are expected to participate in their Light Heavyweight tournament

scheduled to begin on August 5th - including the Hero's debut of former PRIDE superstar Kazushi

Sakuraba.

Expected to participate in Light Heavyweight Tournament:

- Yoshihiro Akiyama

- Rodrigo Gracie

- Melvin Manhoef

- Carlos Newton

- Shungo Oyama

- Kazushi Sakuraba

- Kestutis Smirnovas

Others expected to participate on the card:

- Norifumi "KID" Yamamoto

- Caol Uno

- Ivan Menjiver

- Gesias "JZ" Cavalcante

- Black Mamba

- Rani Yahira

- Alexandre Franca Nogueira

- Hideo Tokoro

- Hiroyuki Takaya

- Don Frye

- Min Soo Kim

Subject to change

(6/22/06)