PRIDE Open-weight Grand Prix Tournament

Yoshida, "TK" in GP

May 5, 2006

Osaka Dome

Osaka, Japan

DSE announced the first two participants in PRIDE's 16-man open-weight tournament - former super

heavyweight King of Pancrase champion Tsuyoshi Kosaka and 1992 Judo Olympic gold medalist Hidehiko

Yoshida. The opening round of the 16-man tournament is scheduled to kickoff on May 5th at the Osaka

Dome in Osaka, Japan. The 2nd round of the tournament will take place on July 1st at the Saitama Super

Arena in Saitama, Japan with the final round being held on September 10th, also at the Saitama Super

Arena.

Fighters definite to participate in GP so far:

- Tsuyoshi Kosaka

- Hidehiko Yoshida

Fighters scheduled to participate in GP:

- Josh Barnett

- Fedor Emelianenko

- Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic

- Mark Hunt

- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

- Wanderlei Silva

Subject to change

(3/30/06)