Longtime PRIDE veteran Fedor Emelianenko (32-4), who fought five times for the promotion on year-end shows. Emelianenko's booking comes on the heels of his recent win over Jeff Monson at an M-1 Global card. 'The Last Emperor' battled through three back-to-back losses to Dan Henderson, Antonio Silva and Fabricio Werdum, leaving many to wonder if he would continue to fight, but it appears the 35-year-old Russian will carry on to the delight of his fans.

Fedor Emelianenko will face Japanese judoka Satoshi Ishii (4-1-1) Ishii is an Olympic Judo Gold Medalist.

What a Line-up set for 31th Dec. Jerome Le Banner will also feature on the fight-card against American Tim Sylvia. And Le Banner's team mate Peter Aerts will face off against Kazuyuki Fujita under pro-wrestling rules.

Fedor Emelianenko vs. Satoshi Ishii
Ryo Chonan vs. Hayato "Mach" Sakurai
Champ Shinya Aoki vs. Satoru Kitaoka (for lightweight title)
Yuichiro Nagashima vs. Katsunori Kikuno (mixed-rules bout)
Champ Hiroyuki Takaya vs. Takeshi "Lion" Inoue (for featherweight title)
Tatsuya Kawajiri vs. Kazuyuki Miyata
Rodolfo Marques Diniz vs. Bibiano Fernandes (bantamweight grand-prix semifinal)
Antonio Banuelos vs. Masakazu Imanari (bantamweight grand-prix semifinal)
Hideo Tokoro vs. Yusup Saadulaev (bantamweight grand-prix reserve match)
Karla Benitez vs. Megumi Fujii
Yuta Kubo vs. Nils Widlund (kickboxing match)
Masaaki Noiri vs. Kengo Sonoda (kickboxing match)
Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Peter Aerts (pro-wrestling match)
Atsushi Sawada and Shinichi Suzukawa vs. Kazushi Sakuraba and Katsuyori Shibata (pro-wrestling match)
Josh Barnett vs. Hideki Suzuki (pro-wrestling match)
Jerome Le Banner vs. Tim Sylvia (pro-wrestling match)