Pride has announced their line-up for their May 23rd event - PRIDE Bushido Volume III. Ralph Gracie and

Ryan Gracie will make their return to the Bushido ring at the Yokohama arena while Renzo Gracie black

belt and current King of Pancrase middleweight champion Ricardo Almeida will be joining them on the

card. Almeida will be taking on DEEP veteran Ryo Chonan. Also on the card, former Sumo wrestler

Tamakairiki and recent PRIDE Heavyweight GP participant Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic are scheduled to

compete. K-1 veteran Chalid "Die Faust" will face Kazuhiro Nakamura, who beat Daniel Gracie at 

PRIDE Bushido Vol. 1 and crowd favorite Carlos Newton will be in action against Daiju Takase, who

defeated Chris Brennan by a two round unanimous decision at PRIDE Bushido Vol. 2.

Line-up (no particular order):

Fight 1

Ryan Gracie vs. Ikuhisa “The Punk” Minowa 

Fight 2 

Ralph Gracie vs. Takanori Gomi 

Fight 3 

Ricardo Almeida vs. Ryo Chonan

Fight 4

Carlos Newton vs. Daiju Takase

Fight 5

Kazuhiro Nakamura vs. Chalid "Die Faust"

Fight 6
Tamakairiki vs. Akira Shoji - Added

Fight 7

Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic vs. Hiromitsu Kanehara - Added

Fight 8 - Added

Choi Mu Bae vs. Yoshihisa Yamamoto 

Fight 9 - Added

Kazuo Misaki vs. Jorge Patino“Macaco”

Card subject to change