Don Frye & Mark Coleman Return, Ludwig/UFC, PRIDE 25
Submitted by Matt Boone on Wednesday, March 26, 2003 at 2:47 PM EST



The following news is derived and used with permission from MMANews.com:

DUANE LUDWIG SIGNS WITH UFC

MMANews.com's own John Hartnett recently contacted explosive Lightweight Duane "BANG" Ludwig for confirmation on rumors of him fighting at UFC 42 in Miami against another exciting Lightweight Genki Sudo. Ludwig said it's a done deal and he will be in Miami on April 25th fighting in his first UFC.

In regards to his deal with UFC, Ludwig told MMANews.com, "Well, the offer I got from UFC is good. I do wish I would have an opponent where I can better showcase my striking because with Genki [Sudo] it's going to be hard because he's so unorthodox. The timing is good right now, so I'll guess we'll have to see what happens."

How many fights did he sign on to take with the Ultimate Fighting Championship? "It's just a one-fight deal."

Since it's only a one-fight deal, here's what Duane Ludwig told MMANews.com in regards to coming back under another deal to continue fighting if he gets passed Sudo at UFC 42, "We'll see what happens. I don't know if I beat him if they'll want me back there. It's just a one-fight deal. It's in their hands after that. But yeah, I plan on sticking more with mixed-martial arts now."


PRIDE 25 LIVE GATE NOT WHAT ANNOUNCED

It was announced at PRIDE 25 on March 16th that the company had drawn 19,247 paid fans making it a sellout at the Yokohama Arena in Tokyo, Japan. However, that is well off.

PRIDE 25 drew a live gate of approximately 16,000 fans at the Yokohama Arena. The builing only holds a maximum capacity of 17,010 seats and that is without the enormous stage PRIDE uses for their opening ceremonies and ring entrances.


DON FRYE & MARK COLEMAN RETURNING

"The Predator" Don Frye has one fight remaining on his current PRIDE contract. Frye will be making his return to the ring for PRIDE 26: Bad To The Bone to face a unnamed opponent.

In other return news, Mark Coleman is looking to make his return to PRIDE, but his won't be as quick as Frye. For now "The Hammer" will continue to train hard and recover from his injury in hopes of reclaiming his PRIDE heavyweight title. Coleman is estimated to return by PRIDE 27 or the PRIDE Grand Prix.



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