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Other fighters expected to step into the ring include Josh Barnett, a native of Seattle, Washington and former UFC heavyweight champ, former three-time All-American and two-time national collegiate wrestling champion Kevin Randleman and Olympic Judo gold medalist Hidehiko Yoshida. A complete list of bouts on the card for "The Real Deal" will be announced soon. Tickets go on sale Sunday, August 20 and are available at www.pridefc.com or 1-866-US FIGHT. Prices range from $50 to $700. PRIDE's first U.S. card will ... be featured on Pay-Per-View for $39.95.
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It is ironic that the job that funded his dreams of winning a Gold Medal in wrestling is said to have caused his asbestos-related cancer. McCann, of Dana Point, California, won the 1960 Gold Medal after working at an oil refinery in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the late 1950s while training for the Olympics. In April 2005, McCann was diagnosed with mesothelioma, a rare cancer linked to asbestos exposure. Shortly after the diagnosis, he joined a class action lawsuit against asbestos manufacturers and became a spokesman against a proposal before Congress to impose limits on litigation against those companies. He appeared recently in a national television commercial denouncing the proposal.
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"We're proud to announce the first Nintendo DS wrestling game for the US and European markets," said Ken Gold, vice president of Marketing, Majesco Entertainment. "Nacho Libre is the perfect movie to translate into a handheld experience and our game captures all of the humorous wrestling action from the film."
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