PRIDE's Noons and Ring To Fight

in Icon Sports "Opposites Attract" Event

LOS ANGELES -

Karl-James Noons and Nick Ring, two of the four winners selected from the PRIDE FIGHTING U.S.

AUDITIONS last November, will be competing in ICON Sports “Opposites Attract” event, scheduled for

Friday, October 28th from the Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii.

165 lbs. KJ Noons vs. Harris “Hitman” Sarmiento

185 lbs. Nick Ring vs. Mike Malone

KJ Noons       Nick Ring

After being selected at the auditions, Noons and Ring were sent to Seattle, Washington to train at AMC

Pankration under the supervision of coach Matt Hume. Since then, each has tested their skills at previous

ICON Sports events (formerly known as SUPERBRAWL) with Noons going 2-0 (with wins over Malik

Williams via TKO and Bryson Kamaka via KO) and Ring going 1-0 (with a win over Kimo Wolfel via rear

naked choke).

Noons was raised in Kona, Hawaii. During his amateur career, he was the ISKA amateur international title

winner and as a boxer went to the semi finals of the western trials for the Olympics in 2004. In addition, he is

black belt in American Kenpo Karate. Noons currently trains and fights out the City Boxing gym in San

Diego, California.

Nick “Wonder” Ring was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa, but now fights out of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is the

Intercontinental Muay Thai Champion (WKA) and boasts a record of 23-4 in Muay Thai competition. He is

4-0 in mixed martial arts competition.

The auditions were held on November 20th, 2004 from the UCLA campus in Los Angeles. Contestants

attended from all over the world and were given an opportunity to showcase their skills in front of PRIDE’s

judges and main decision-makers. Final decisions were made based upon each participant’s audition,

interview, and highlight reel. Besides Noons and Ring, the other selected winners included Tyrone Glover

from San Diego and Jake Draves of Ohio.

For more information on PRIDE FC, please visit pridefc.com.

For more information on SUPERBRAWL, please visit superbrawl.tv.

- From Dream Stage Entertainment (with a little editing from us - highlights, etc...)

(10/24/05)