TOKYO, Japan – Two additional matches have been added to PRIDE FIGHTING’S BUSHIDO VOLUME 6 fightcard … Denis Kang (Canada) versus Oba Takahiro (Japan) and Daisuke Nakamura (Japan) versus Marcus Aurelio (Brazil).

Headlining BUSHIDO VOLUME 6 card will be both Emelianenko brothers as PRIDE FIGHTING heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko faces the only man ever to defeat him in Japanese star and mixed martial arts veteran Tsuyoshi “TK” Kosaka … Aleksander Emelianenko takes on the 6’9, 270 pound Ricardo “The Mutant” Morais of Brazil. In addition is a four man middleweight tournament featuring Amar Suloev (Russia), Paulo Filho (Brazil), Dean Lister (USA), and Akira Shoji (Japan). The tournament winner must fight twice in one night … at stake, a slot in PRIDE’s 16-man Middleweight Grand Prix (TOTAL ELIMINATION 2005). Other fighters scheduled on the main card include Ikuhisa “The Punk” Minowa, Gilbert Yvel, Murilo Bustamante, and Daijyu Takase.

Fedor and Aleksander Emelianenko

BUSHIDO VOLUME 6 will take place from the Yokohama Arena in Japan and is scheduled to debut on North American pay per view via iNDEMAND, DIRECTV, DISH NETWORK, UrbanXtra, TVN1, VU!, and Viewer’s Choice Canada on Thursday, April 14th, 2005.

Schedule:
iNDEMAND, DISH Network, DIRECTV: Thursday, April 14th, 2005, ALL DAY TICKET
TVN: Thursday, April 14th, 2005, 10:00pm EST, 7:00pm PST

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PRIDE FC: BUSHIDO VOLUME 6
Fight Card
(Bouts shown in order from first to last)

Denis Kang (Canada) vs. Oba Takahiro (Japan)
Amar Suloev (Russia) vs. Paulo Filho (Brazil) *
Dean Lister (USA) vs. Akira Shoji (Japan) *
Daisuke Nakamura (Japan) vs. Marcus Aurelio (Brazil)
Luis “Buscape” Firmino (Brazil) vs. Luis Azeredo (Brazil)
Daijyu Takase (Japan) vs. Daniel Acacio (Brazil)
Aleksander Emelianenko (Russia) vs. Ricardo “The Mutant” Morais (Brazil)
Ryuta Sakurai (Japan) vs. Murilo Bustamante (Brazil)
Ikuhisa “The Punk” Minowa (Japan) vs. Gilbert Yvel (Holland)
Winner Suloev/Filho vs. Winner Lister/Shoji
Fedor Emelianenko (Russia) vs. Tsuyoshi “TK” Kosaka (Japan)

* Four Man Middleweight Tournament
Winner Must Fight Twice in One Night
Winner Earns Slot in PRIDE Middleweight Grand Prix

(Fight Card Subject to Change)

BUSHIDO VOLUME 6 will be available at a reduced rate of $19.95.
For additional replay times, please contact your pay per view provider or pridefc.com.

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