World Victory Road announced yesterday at a press conference that former PRIDE and UFC veteran Josh Barnett will take on Hidehiko Yoshida at their first event on March 5.

Neither PRIDE veteran has fought an MMA fight over a year and both are coming off of loses in their last PRIDE contests.

Other fighters announced for the card:
-Phil Baroni
-Kazuo Misaki
-Evangelista "Cyborg" Santos
-Takanori Gomi
-Ryo Kawamura.