From Dream Stage Entertainment
September 20, 2005 TOKYO, Japan – The bout order has been announced for PRIDE FIGHTING’S BUSHIDO “The Tournament.”  Starting out the event will be the welterweight bouts followed by the lightweights:

1st Match RYUTA SAKURAI VS. PAULO FILHO (RESERVE)
2nd Match AKIHIRO GONO VS. DANIEL ACACIO
3rd Match RYO CHONAN VS. DAN HENDERSON
4th Match IKUHISA MINOWA VS. PHIL BARONI
5th Match MASANORI SUDA VS. MURILO BUSTAMANTE
6th Match D. MISHIMA VS. CHARLES "KRAZY HORSE" BENNETT (RESERVE)
7th Match HAYATO "MACH" SAKURAI VS. JENS PULVER
8th Match JOACHIM HANSEN VS. YVES EDWARDS
9th Match TAKANORI GOMI VS. TATSUYA KAWAJIRI
10th Match NAOYUKI KOTANI VS. LUIZ AZEREDO
11th Match WINNER OF #2 VS. WINNER OF #3
12th Match WINNER OF #4 VS. WINNER OF #5
13th Match WINNER OF #7 VS. WINNER OF #8
14th Match WINNER OF #9 VS. WINNER OF #10
(Fight Card Subject to Change)

BUSHIDO THE TOURNAMENT will take place from the Ariake Coliseum in Japan and is scheduled to debut on North American pay per view via DIRECTV, DISH NETWORK, UrbanXtra, TVN1, VU!, Viewer’s Choice Canada, and iNDEMAND.

Due to the volume of fights on the fight card, BUSHIDO THE TOURNAMENT will be a four-hour pay per view event and available at a reduced price of $24.95.

North American Pay Per View Schedule:

DIRECTV, DISH Network, TVN, Viewer’s Choice, and VU!:
PPV Premiere Date: Sunday, September 25th, 2005
Premiere Time: 9:00 pm EST, 6:00 pm PST

INDEMAND:
PPV Premiere Date: Friday, November 25th, 2005
Premiere Time: 10:00pm EST, 7:00pm PST

For additional replay times, please contact your pay per view provider or pridefc.com.