Softbank Presents

Dynamite!! USA Tonight!

In Association with ProElite

Updated Line-up

June 2, 2007

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Los Angeles, California

Tonight at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, former WWE Superstar Brock Lesner will make his long

awaited mixed martial arts debut against HERO's regular Min Soo Kim. Lesner, who brings 18 years of

amateur wrestling to the ring, has been training an entire year for this debut. And although he had been

training to face 7' plus Hong Man Choi, Choi was not cleared by the California Athletic commission to fight.

Kim steps in on short notice and is coming off a loss to "Mighty" Mo Siligia this past March at HERO's.

Another featured bout will see UFC legend Royce Gracie in a rematch against Kazushi Sakuraba - known

as the Gracie Hunter (with wins over Royce, Royler, Renzo and Ryan Gracie). Sakuraba and Gracie met in

the quarter-finals of the 2000 PRIDE Grand Prix tournament. For that quarter-final bout, special rules were

put in play at the request of Gracie which included no referee stoppages and no time limits. And after 90

minutes of fighting, Gracie's corner threw in the towel because he could no longer continue.

And if you blink, you might miss the outcome of the heavy handed "Mighty" Mo Siligia vs. Ruben

"Warpath" Villareal bout. This year, Mighty Mo has knocked out all four of his kickboxing opponents -

three of which he took out in one night - April 28th at the K-1 Hawaii GP. Plus Mighty Mo was victorious in

his second MMA outing this past March as mentioned above against Min Soo Kim. "Warpath" always

comes to fight and has had some memorable bouts against MMA legends Don Frye (Draw - King of the

Cage, May 13, 2006) and Bas Rutten (Loss via TKO, RD 1 - WFA July 22, 2006).

The rest of the card is stacked with talent - HERO's veteran Hideo Tokoro will take on Cage Rage veteran

Brad Pickett. 2000 Sydney Olympics Greco-Roman Wrestling (69 kg) silver medalist Katsuhiko Nagata

will face Isaiah Hill. HERO's Standout J.Z. Calvan (Gesias "JZ" Cavalcante) will battle King of the Cage\

Strikeforce veteran Nam Phan. EliteXC single fight winner Tim “Big Perm” Persey will mix it up with UFC

veteran Jonathan Wiezorek. Rumble on the Rock Welterweight Tournament winner Jake Shields battles

Hero's Lithuania veteran Ido Pariente. HERO's veteran Melvin Manhoef will go against the PRIDE veteran

Dong Sik Yoon. And former pro football star Johnnie Morton will make his MMA debut against HERO's

veteran Bernard Ackah.

With tickets as low as $10, it's a can't miss event.

The following is courtesy Showtime:

Six fighters, plus EliteXC's Live Events President Gary Shaw, pose after Friday's "Dynamite!! USA'' press

conference and weigh-in in Los Angeles. Left-to-right: J.Z. Calvan, Tim Persey, Jake Shields, Shaw,

Jonathan Wiezorek, Ido Pariente and Nam Phan.

Shields fights Pariente in the main event Saturday on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT). In the co-feature,

Persey takes on Wiezorek. Time permitting, the fight between Calvan and Phan is scheduled to be televised

in its entirety. If not, Phan-Calvan highlights are scheduled to be shown during the one-hour SHOWTIME

telecast.

The pay-per-view portion of Saturday's "Dynamite!! USA'' fight card will start at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. It will

be produced and distributed live by SHOWTIME® PPV. Contact your pay-per-view provider to order

"Dynamite!! USA ."

Brock Lesnar faces Min Soo Kim and Royce Gracie battles Kazushi Sakuraba in two of the top PPV bouts.

In another PPV match, former NFL star Johnnie Morton will make his MMA debut against Bernard Ackah.

Tickets, priced from $10 to $1000, are on sale via Ticketmaster locations, www.ticketmaster.com and the

L.A. Coliseum Box Office.

All bouts are scheduled for three rounds (five minutes each round) under Hero's MMA rules.

Line-up (Country, weigh-in weight in parentheses):

Fight 1 - Lightweight Bout

Brad Pickett (UK, 154 lbs) vs. Hideo Tokoro (Japan, 153 lbs)

Fight 2 - Lightweight Bout

Isaiah Hill (USA, 156 lbs) vs. Katsuhiko Nagata (Japan, 156 lbs)
 

Fight 3 - Lightweight Bout

J.Z. Calvan (Brazil, 160 lbs) vs. Nam Phan (USA, 155 lbs)

Fight 4 - Heavyweight Bout

Tim “Big Perm” Persey (USA, 265 lbs) vs. Jonathan Wiezorek (USA, 265 lbs)

Fight 5 - Welterweight Bout

Jake Shields (USA, 170 lbs) vs. Ido Pariente (Israel, 168 lbs)

Fight 6 - Middleweight Bout

Johnnie Morton (USA, 213 lbs) vs. Bernard Ackah (Ivory Coast, 207 lbs)

Fight 7 - Middleweight Bout

Melvin Manhoef (Netherlands, 192 lbs) vs. Dong Sik Yoon (Korea, 190 lbs)

Fight 8 - Super Heavyweight Bout

"Mighty" Mo Siligia (USA, 292 lbs) vs. Ruben "Warpath" Villareal (USA, 270 lbs)
 

Fight 9 - Middleweight Bout

Kazushi Sakuraba (Japan, 187 lbs) vs. Royce Gracie (Brazil, 188 lbs)

Fight 10 - Super Heavyweight Bout

Brock Lesnar (USA, 262 lbs) vs. Min Soo Kim (Korea, 255 lbs)


 

Subject to change

(6/2/07)