MMA Reporter Mark Pickering has reported that Rulon Gardner’s Management have denied that the Olympic Gold Medallist will face Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at Pride Total Elinination 2006 Openweight.


According to Gardner’s management, the fighter is engaged on other business in California and Seattle between Friday 3rd May and Sunday 5th, thus making a Pride appearance impossible.


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