RAMPAGE RETURNS; FIRST TWO MATCHES ANNOUNCED FOR PRIDE FIGHTING’S FULLY LOADED

Making his return will be Memphis, Tennessee native, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. After a tough loss in the first round of the middleweight tournament to eventual champion, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, Jackson is looking to return to his winning ways and move back into title contention. In his path will be tough PRIDE veteran, Hirotaka Yokoi. This Japanese fighter boasts a record of 10-3 and gave Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira all he could handle in the first round of the heavyweight tournament in 2004.

Also announced is a match up pitting judo legend against judo legend as Japan’s Makoto Takimoto (Olympic gold medallist) takes on Korea’s Yoon Dong Sik under mixed martial arts rules.

Tickets are available now at www.ticketmaster.com / Keywords: Mixed Fighting Championship or by calling them at 1-800-736-1420.

‘We have our main event!’ states matchmaker Miguel Iturrate. ‘PRIDE veteran Kazuhiro Hamanaka will be taking on Wilson Gouviea of ATT. Hamamaka fought ‘Nino’ Schembri and Ryan Gracie in PRIDE before joining the Inoki Dojo. He launched a comeback this past weekend, fighting Naito the ADCC qualifier to a draw. That is a very tough fight, and Wilson will also be a very tough fight. Hamanaka is not a fighter that backs down from a challenge, and heading Team Japan on November 5th is his next assignment.

The current card appears below and is subject to final approval by the New Jersey State Athletic Control Board.

Current Card – (Subject To Change):

MFC SPOTLITE / FEATURE LADIES BOUT:
3 ROUNDS / 132 LBS (Ladies):
Tara Larosa (Team ROC, Fayetteville NC) v. Amanda
Buckner (Academy of MMA, Portland, ME)

‘USA versus JAPAN’ – MMA (3 RDS of 5 MIN):

3 ROUNDS / 205 LBS:
Wilson Gouviea (ATT, Ft Lauderdale, FL) v. Kazuhiro
Hamanaka (Inoki Office, Tokyo, Japan)

3 ROUNDS / 170 LBS:
Eddie Alvarez (Fight Factory, Philadelphia, PA) v.
Daisuke ’13’ Hanazawa (MMA Dojo Cobra-kai, Osaka,
Japan)

3 ROUNDS / 170 LBS:
Kurt Pellegrino (ATT, Ft Lauderdale, FL) v. Kazuki
Okubo (U-File, Tokyo, Japan)

3 ROUNDS / 155 LBS:
Joey ‘KNOCKDOWN’ Brown (Team Renzo Gracie, NJ) v.
Hiroyuki Abe (AACC, Tokyo, Japan)

3 ROUNDS / 265 LBS:
Alex Roberts (#3 in Pancrase, Kuju-ken Kaikan /
Justice Management, Tokyo, Japan) v. Jay White (Team
Quest, Portland, OR)

3 ROUNDS / 215 LBS:
Mike Patt (Team Jorge Gurgel JJ, Dayton, OH) v. Yusuke
Masuda (AACC, Tokyo, Japan)

3 ROUNDS / 130 LBS:
Chris Macgrath (Advanced Fighting Systems, Mahwah, NJ)
v. ‘BJ’ (AACC, Tokyo, Japan)

3 ROUNDS / 185 LBS:
Jose Rodriguez (Pitt’s Pen, NJ) v. Yuichirou Tsuchida
(Kuju-ken Kaikan, Osaka, Japan)

3 ROUNDS / 170 LBS:
Chris Ligouri (Pitt’s Pen, NJ) v. ‘Toraji’ (AACC,
Tokyo, Japan)

3 ROUNDS / 170 LBS:
Stephen Haigh (Fight Factory, Philadelphia, PA) v.
Yuji Miyazaki (MMA Dojo Cobra-kai, Osaka, Japan)

MFC SPOTLITE:

3 ROUNDS / HVYWT:
Jason Guida (Team Goyteia, Chicago, IL) v. Pat Stano
(CORE Martial Arts Voorhees, New Jersey)

3 ROUNDS / 195 LBS:
Bristol Marunde (ATT, Seattle, WA) v. Rich Attonito
(Planet JJ, East Hanover, NJ)