PRIDE 34: Kamikaze

Three Bouts Announced

April 8, 2007

Saitama Super Arena

Saitama, Japan

DSE announced three bouts for their upcoming April 8th event, PRIDE 34 - among the three bouts

announced, Brazilian Top Team member Ricardo Arona will battle Team Quest's Rameau Sokoudjou.

Arona will be looking to avenge the loss suffered by his teammate Antonio Rogerio Nogueira this past

February 24th (at PRIDE 33 in Las Vegas) when Sokoudjou knocked out Nogueira in 23 seconds of the first

round. It was also announced that PRIDE 35 in Las Vegas scheduled for April 28th has been postponed.

Line-up so far (not in fight order):

Fight 1 - Welterweight Bout

Makoto Takimoto vs. Zelg Galesic

Fight 2 - Lightweight Bout

Shinya Aoki vs. Brian Lo-A-Njoe

Fight 3 - Middleweight Bout

Ricardo Arona vs. Sokoudjou

Expected to participate:

- Josh Barnett

- Eric "Butterbean" Esch

- Kazuyuki Fujita

- Mark Hunt

- Denis Kang

- Sergey Kharitonov

- Ikuhisa Minowa

- Wanderlei Silva

- Zulu

Subject to change

(3/15/07)