In The Gym: Barnett Eyes PRIDE GP Prize

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In The Gym: Barnett Eyes PRIDE GP Prize

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By the time he was 24, Josh Barnett (Pictures) had become the youngest fighter to hold the UFC heavyweight belt.

Four years later the American is one of four remaining men vying for the PRIDE Open-Weight Grand Prix, a triumph that would once again place him at mixed martial art's pinnacle. Sherdog Insider puts "The Baby-Faced Assassin" in focus.

Visiting his Southern California training camp and documenting intense sparring sessions with Quinton Jackson (Pictures) and Justin Levens (Pictures), we found a motivated heavyweight confident he has what it takes to walk into the PRIDE ring Sunday in Tokyo and win it all.

What does Barnett's trainer, former Shooto champion Erik Paulson, say about his charge's chances of defeating previous PRIDE heavyweight king Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Pictures)? And why are they keying in on Mirko Filipovic (Pictures), who fights Wanderlei Silva (Pictures) on the other side of the bracket, as Barnett's likely finals opponent?

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