City Saitama, Japan Venue Saitama Super Arena | Date 8 April 2007 | |
Location Saitama Super Arena, Chūō-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan Promotion Pride Fighting Championships | ||
Pride 34: Kamikaze was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships on April 8, 2007 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
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Background
This was the last Pride show promoted by Dream Stage Entertainment before the sale of the company (see Pride Worldwide). However in the end it turns out that this event would mark the final show in Pride FC's history before the folding of the promotion itself.
Although Wanderlei Silva and Mauricio Rua were negotiating with Pride to compete, neither did. Silva did not participate because of a medical suspension received from the Nevada State Athletic Commission. The commission had stated that if a Japanese doctor cleared Silva for competition, they would consider lifting the suspension three days early, but this did not come to fruition.
Gilbert Yvel was originally slated to fight Bazigit Atajev, but Atajev withdrew due to an internal disease.
Nobuyuki Sakakibara's "surprise announcement" at the event turned out to be a guest appearance by Kazushi Sakuraba who had left Pride nearly a year ago to join rival promotion Hero's. Kiyoshi Tamura joined Sakakibara in the ring and teased a potential matchup in a future Pride event. Sakuraba had initially expressed his wish to fight either Wanderlei Silva or Kiyoshi Tamura on the card but in the end neither fight materialized. Though Tamura would end up fighting Sakuraba at Dynamite!! 2008