Post by Ll3yd on Apr 15, 2004 10:53:21 GMT -5
Pride announced the following 1st Round mathes for their Grand Prix tournmanet for 4/25:
*Naoya Ogawa Vs Stefan Leko (Ogawa is a former bronze medalist in Judo in 1992 but has never done a shoot since then, he's always been a big ratings draw and been protected. Leko has been rumoured to have an injured back going into this one so Ogawa does have a chance but if Leko is on, then it could be an easy win for Leko)
*Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Vs Hirotaka Yokoi (Nogueira should take this one very easily)
*Mirko Cro Cop Vs Kevin Randleman (Ditto for Cro Cop)
*Murilo Ninja Vs Sergei Kharitonov
*Giant Silva Vs Sentoryu (This one won't be pretty, North American fans will remember Silva from his days in the Oddities in the WWF. Sentoryu is a former sumo wrestler who has never done MMA)
*Yoshiki Takahashi Vs Heath Herring
They didn't announce a match for Ron Waterman yet and Gan McGee will also be one of the alternates.
credit: liveaudiowrestling.com
*Naoya Ogawa Vs Stefan Leko (Ogawa is a former bronze medalist in Judo in 1992 but has never done a shoot since then, he's always been a big ratings draw and been protected. Leko has been rumoured to have an injured back going into this one so Ogawa does have a chance but if Leko is on, then it could be an easy win for Leko)
*Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Vs Hirotaka Yokoi (Nogueira should take this one very easily)
*Mirko Cro Cop Vs Kevin Randleman (Ditto for Cro Cop)
*Murilo Ninja Vs Sergei Kharitonov
*Giant Silva Vs Sentoryu (This one won't be pretty, North American fans will remember Silva from his days in the Oddities in the WWF. Sentoryu is a former sumo wrestler who has never done MMA)
*Yoshiki Takahashi Vs Heath Herring
They didn't announce a match for Ron Waterman yet and Gan McGee will also be one of the alternates.
credit: liveaudiowrestling.com
