PRIDE Vegas Fighters, 2007 Plans; Tons Of News

Dreamstage Entertainment recently announced future plans for PRIDE in 2007.

First off, the company announced the creation of a new Super Heavyweight division, with plans on putting together a big Grand Prix tournament.

Fighters announced for participation at the next U.S. show in Las Vegas on February 24th are as follows: Vanderlei Silva, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Dan Henderson, Aleksander Emelianenko, Ricardo Arona, Takanori Gomi, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Hayato Sakurai, Kazuyuki Fujita, Kazuhiro Nakamura, and Kazuo Misaki.

The company will return to Las Vegas again in 2007 on April 28th and October 20th. The company has a date scheduled for the Staples Center in California in June.

The next Grand Prix series will feature the Lightweight division, and will begin on the May show, continue on the July show and conclude on the August show.

Source: MMAnews