Official Release

Giant Silva added to Bushido Volume 4 Fightcard!

July 19, 2004

Nagoya Rainbow Hall

Nagoya, Japan

LOS ANGELES – An additional match has been added to the BUSHIDO VOLUME 4 fightcard as Paulo

Cesar “Giant” Silva will face Takashi Sugiura of Japan.  Already previously announced are matches

featuring Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, Dean “The Boogey Man” Lister, Hayato “Mach” Sakurai, and a

team match between the Brazilian Top Team and Team Japan.  BUSHIDO VOLUME 4 will take place from

the Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan and is scheduled to debut on North American pay per view for

customers of iNDEMAND, DIRECTV, and TVN on Sunday, July 25th, 2004 at 3:00pm EST, 12:00pm PST

(please check each respective carrier for later evening replays).  For customers of DISH Network, the

premiere will be Sunday, August 1st, 2004 at 9:00pm EST, 6:00pm PST.

Matches shown in ascending order:

PRIDE FC: BUSHIDO VOLUME 4

Fight Card

Brazilian Top Team vs. Team Japan

Antonio Rogerio Nogueira (BTT) vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura (Yoshida Dojo)

Fabio Mello (BTT) vs. Takanori Gomi (Kiguchi Dojo)

Paulo Filho (BTT) vs. Akira Shoji (Free)

Additional Matches:

Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic (Cro Cop Squad Gym) vs. Shungo Oyama (Free)

Paulo Cesar “Giant” Silva (Free) vs. Takashi Sugiura (NOAH)

Ikuhisa Minowa (Free) vs. Kenichi Yamamoto (Free)

Hayato “Mach” Sakurai (Japan) vs. Brady Fink (Team Oyama)

Dean Lister (City Boxing) vs. Amar Suloev (Red Devil Fight Club)

Dokonjonosuke Mishima (Cobra Kai) vs. Marcos Aurelio (American Top Team)

Bushido Challenge Matches:

Hiroyuki Abe (AACC) vs. Luis “Buscape” Firminho

Kyosuke Sasaki (U-File Camp) vs. Eiji Mitsuoka (RJW-Central)

(Fight Card Subject to Change)  

BUSHIDO VOLUME 4 will take place from the Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan and is scheduled to

debut on North American pay per view on Sunday, July 25th, 2004 at 3:00pm EST, 12:00pm PST for

customers of iNDEMAND, DIRECTV, and TVN (please check each respective carrier for later evening

replays).  For customers of DISH Network, the premiere will be Sunday, August 1st, 2004 at 9:00pm EST,

6:00pm PST. The event will be available at a reduced rate of $19.95.  For additional replay times, please

contact your pay per view provider or pridefc.com. 

For more information on PRIDE FC, visit pridefc.com!

(7/12/04)