PRIDE 30

"Starting Over"

Two Bouts Announced

October 23, 2005

Saitama Super Arena

Saitama, Japan

DSE announced two match-ups for PRIDE 30 to be held on October 23rd at the Saitama Super Arena,

in Saitama, Japan - Judo Olympic gold medalist & Pride veteran Makoto Takimoto will face Korean Judoka

Yoon Dong Sik. Both fighters are coming off losses in their last PRIDE appearance - Takimoto lost a

unanimous decision to Kiyoshi Tamura on PRIDE's June 26th event while Yoon Dong Sik lost to Kazushi

Sakuraba via first round TKO in the opening round of this years PRIDE middleweight GP tournament. Next,

crowd favorite Quenton "Rampage" Jackson will be back in action against PRIDE veteran Hirotaka Yokoi.

Line-up so far:

Fight 1

Makoto Takimoto vs. Yoon Dong Sik

Fight 2

Quenton "Rampage" Jackson vs. Hirotaka Yokoi

Possible Participants:

- Josh Barnett

- Mirko "Cro Cop" Filpovic

- Mark Hunt

- Sergey Kharitonov

- Yuki Kondo (Depending on October 2nd Pancrase outcome)

- Kazushi Sakuraba

- Yoshiki Takahashi (Depending on October 2nd Pancrase outcome)

Subject to change

(9/21/05)