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PRIDE Shockwave 2005

Fighters Announced

December 31, 2005

Saitama Super Arena

Saitama, Japan

PRIDE announced seven fighters expected to participate in their New Years Eve event, Shockwave - which

will also see the conclusion to their lightweight and welterweight Grand Prix tournaments (which started

this past September at PRIDE Bushido 9).

Line-up so far:

Fight 1 - PRIDE GP Lightweight Tournament Final

Hayato "Mach" Sakurai vs. Takanori Gomi

Fight 2 - PRIDE GP Welterweight Tournament Final

Dan Henderson vs. Murilo Bustamante

Also expected to participate:

- Fedor Emelianenko

- Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic

- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

- Mauricio "Shogun" Rua

- Kazushi Sakuraba

- Wanderlei Silva

- Hidehiko Yoshida

Subject to change

(10/31/05)