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Wednesday, May 09, 2001

Pride 14 Match-ups

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PRIDE 14 Match-ups

Dream Stage Entertainment announced 3 matches for PRIDE14 to be held at Yokohama Arena.

PRIDE14 (PRIDE FC “Clash of The Titans)
DATE: May 27, 2001
GATE OPEN 1:00 PM
FIGHT START 3:00 PM
PLACE: Yokohama Arena (Yokohama, Kanagawa Pref., Japan)

Announced Match-ups:

Igor Vovchanchyn vs. Gilbert Yvel
Gary Goodridge vs. Valentijn Overeem
Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Yoshihiro Yakayama

Igor Vovchanchyn
ENTRY PRIDE 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, GP, 9, 10, 11 ,12 & 13
HOMETOWN Ukraine
DOB 8/6/1973
WEIGHT 238 lbs.
HEIGHT 5’10"
TITLES or AWARDS:

PRIDE GP2000 Finalist

5^th WVC Tournament Champion

1^st IFC Tournament Champion

Gilbert Yvel
ENTRY PRIDE 9, 10 & 11
HOMETOWN Amsterdam, Netherlands
DOB 6/30/1976
WEIGHT 223 lbs.
HEIGHT 6’3"
TITLES or AWARDS:

’97 4^th Extreme Fighting def. Todd Bjornethun

’97 4^th Extreme Fighting def. Matt Anderson

The 4^th RINGS Open-Weight Champion

1997 Europe Full-contact Karate Heavy Weight Champion

Gary Goodridge
ENTRY PRIDE 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, GP, 9, 10 & 11
HOMETOWN Trinidad and Tobago
DOB 1/17/1966
WEIGHT 263 lbs.
HEIGHT 6’7"
TITLES or AWARDS:

’97 1^st IVC Heavy Weight Tournament Champion

’96 UFC VIII Heavy Weight Tournament Finalist

Valentijn Overeem
ENTRY PRIDE First in PRIDE
HOMETOWN Netherlands
DOB 8/17/1976
WEIGHT 208 lbs.
HEIGHT 6’4"
FIGHTING HISTORY:

’01 RINGS KOK Veteran

Kazuyuki Fujita
ENTRY in PRIDE; GP, 10 & 12
HOMETOWN; Funabashi, Japan
DOB; 10/16/1970
WEIGHT; 134 lbs.
HEIGHT; 6’1"
FIGHTING HISTORY:

’00 PRIDE 12 def. Gibert Yvel

’00 PRIDE 10 def. Ken Shamrock

’00 PRIDE GP2000 def. Mark Kerr

’00 PRIDE GP2000 def. Herman Renting

Yoshihiro Takayama
ENTRY in PRIDE; First in PRIDE
HOMETOWN; Tokyo, Japan
DOB; 9/19/1966
WEIGHT; 254 lbs.
HEIGHT; 6’7"
FIGHTING HISTORY:

Kingdom Veteran

UWFI Veteran

Other matches to be announced shortly