 TOKYO, Japan – The lightweight bouts have been announced for PRIDE FIGHTING’S BUSHIDO “The Tournament.” Headlining matches include a battle of Japan as Takanori Gomi faces Tatsuya Kawajiri … Naoyuki Kotani will go head to head with Luis Azeredo of Brazil … Hayato “Mach” Sakurai is set to face “Little Evil” Jens Pulver … and Yves Edwards of the USA will battle Joachim Hansen of Norway.
LIGHTWEIGHT BOUTS ANNOUNCED FOR
BUSHIDO TOURNAMENT From Dream Stage Entertainment
September 1, 2005
TOKYO, Japan – The lightweight bouts have been announced for PRIDE FIGHTING’S BUSHIDO “The Tournament.” Headlining matches include a battle of Japan as Takanori Gomi faces Tatsuya Kawajiri … Naoyuki Kotani will go head to head with Luis Azeredo of Brazil … Hayato “Mach” Sakurai is set to face “Little Evil” Jens Pulver … and Yves Edwards of the USA will battle Joachim Hansen of Norway. PRIDE FC: BUSHIDO THE TOURNAMENT
Fight Card Welterweight Tournament Bouts
BLOCK A: Phil Baroni (USA) vs. Ikuhisa “The Punk” Minowa (Japan)
BLOCK B: Masanori Suda (Japan) vs. Murilo Bustamante (Brazil)
BLOCK C: Ryo Chonan (Japan) vs. Dan Henderson (USA)
BLOCK D: Akihiro Gono (Japan) vs. Daniel Acacio (Brazil) The winner of BLOCK A will face the winner of BLOCK B.
The winner of BLOCK C will face the winner of BLOCK D.
The winners of A/B and C/D will face off in a December 2005 match. Welterweight Tournament Reserve Bout
Ryuta Sakurai (Japan) vs. Paulo Filho (Brazil)
Lightweight Tournament Bouts
BLOCK A: Takanori Gomi (Japan) vs. Tatsuya Kawajiri (Japan)
BLOCK B: Naoyuki Kotani (Japan) vs. Luis Azeredo (Brazil)
BLOCK C: Hayato “Mach” Sakurai (Japan) vs. Jens Pulver (USA)
BLOCK D: Yves Edwards (USA) vs. Joachim Hansen (Norway)
The winner of BLOCK A will face the winner of BLOCK B.
The winner of BLOCK C will face the winner of BLOCK D.
The winners of A/B and C/D will face off in a December 2005 match. Lightweight Tournament Reserve Bout
Dokonjonosuke Mishima (Japan) vs. Charles “Krazy Horse” Bennett (USA) (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!, and Viewer’s Choice Canada. North American Pay Per View Schedule:
PPV Premiere Date: Sunday, September 25th, 2005
Premiere Time: 9:00 pm EST, 6:00 pm PST BUSHIDO THE TOURNAMENT will be available at a reduced rate of $24.95. For additional replay times, please contact your pay per view provider or pridefc.com.
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