PRIDE Shockwave 2006

December 31, 2006

Saitama Super Arena

Saitama, Japan

PRIDE FC has released the names of 11 fighters expected to participate in their year ending event -

PRIDE Shockwave 2006.

Expected to participate:

- Fedor Emelianenko (Current PRIDE Heavyweight Champion)

- Wanderlei Silva (Current PRIDE Middleweight Champion)

- Takanori Gomi (Current PRIDE Lightweight Champion)

- Mauricio "Shogun" Rua (2005 PRIDE Middleweight GP Champion)

- Dan Henderson (2005 PRIDE Welterweight GP Champion)

- Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic (2006 PRIDE Open-weight GP Champion)

- Josh Barnett  (2006 PRIDE Open-weight GP runner-up)

- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Former PRIDE Heavyweight Champion)

- Hidehiko Yoshida (Middleweight Contender)

- Kazuyuki Fujita (Heavyweight Contender)

- Mark Hunt (Former K-1 Champion)

Subject to change

(11/16/06)