From DSE USA:
PRIDE Fighting Championships “Bad Blood”
3 Matches Announced
DSE has announced that “Bad Blood” (a.k.a. PRIDE-19), the first PRIDE show in 2002, will be held on February 24th at Saitama Super-Arena. PRIDE-19 will be same-day pay-per-view in the United States and will be on DirecTV, DishNetwork and TVN (Action PPV) which airs on Cablevision and other U.S. cable systems including AT&T Broad Band.
PRIDE-19
Date: February 24th, 2002
Gate open: 2:00 PM
Fights start: 4:00 PM
Place: Saitama Super-Arena (Omiya, Saitama-Pref., Japan)
Pay-Per-View:
SkyPerfecTV (JAPAN, Feb. 24th Live PPV)
DIRECTV, DishNetwork, TVN (USA, Feb. 24th, 18 hours delay PPV)Announced matches:
Ken Shamrock
ENTRY PRIDE: GP2000 & 10
HOMETOWN: San Diego, CA
DOB: San Diego, CA
WEIGHT: 220 lbs.
HEIGHT: 6’0″
TITLES or AWARDS:
1st King of The Pancrasists
UFC Super-Fight Champion
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Don “The Predator” Frye
ENTRY PRIDE: 16
HOMETOWN: Sierra Vista, AZ
DOB: 11/23/1965
WEIGHT: 220 lbs.
HEIGHT: 6’1″
TITLES or AWARDS:
’96 UFC VIII Champion
’96 UFC Ultimate Ultimate Champion
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Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
ENTRY PRIDE: 15, 16 & 17
HOMETOWN: Salvador, Brazil
DOB: 6/2/1976
WEIGHT: 226 lbs.
HEIGHT: 6’3″
TITLES or AWARDS:
PRIDE Heavy Weight Champion
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Enson Inoue
ENTRY PRIDE: 5, 7, GP, 10 & 12
HOMETOWN: Hawaii, USA
DOB: 4/15/1967
WEIGHT: 219 lbs.
HEIGHT: 5’11”
TITLES or AWARDS:
’97 UFC XIII def. Royce Alger
’98 VTJ def. Randy Couture
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Wanderlei Silva
ENTRY in PRIDE: 7, 8, GP, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17 & 18
HOMETOWN: Curitiba, Brazil
DOB: 7/3/1976
WEIGHT: 210 lbs.
HEIGHT: 6’0″
TITLES or AWARDS:
PRIDE Middle Weight Champion
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Kiyoshi Tamura
ENTRY PRIDE: First time in PRIDE
HOMETOWN: Okayama, Japan
DOB: 12/17/1969
WEIGHT: 198 lbs.
HEIGHT: 6’0″
FIGHTING HISTORY:
UWF, UWFI, RINGS Veteran
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*Card subject to change
*Other matches shall be announced shortly
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