Two Additional Matches Added to BUSHIDO VOLUME 6 Fightcard

April 3, 2005

Yokohama Arena

Yokohama, Japan

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 14^th, 2005.  

Schedule:

iNDEMAND, DISH Network, DIRECTV: Thursday, April 14^th, 2005, ALL DAY TICKET TVN:

Thursday, April 14^th, 2005, 10:00pm EST, 7:00pm PST

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.

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

- From Dream Stage Entertainment with a little editing from us (color, highlights, etc...)

(3/23/05)