pride bushido 183-lb tourney

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Fights Announced for PRIDE Bushido 183-lb. Tourney

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Friday, August 19, 2005

by Sherdog.com

Opening-round bouts for PRIDE Bushido's first-ever welterweight (183-pound) Grand Prix, which takes place September 25 at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, were released Friday.

Ikuhisa Minowa (Pictures), Masanori Suda (Pictures), Ryo Chonan (Pictures) and Akihiro Gono (Pictures) represent their home country of Japan, while Americans Dan Henderson (Pictures) and Phil Baroni (Pictures), and Brazilians Murilo Bustamante (Pictures) and Daniel Acacio (Pictures) round out the "world" contingent. Ryuta Sakurai (Pictures) fights Paulo Filho (Pictures) for the right to be a reserve in the tournament's later rounds.

Minowa first fought Baroni in the American's PRIDE debut last May. The Japanese fighter did well before tiring and succumbing to Baroni's hard punches.

Former UFC 185-pound champion Bustamante meets Suda, whose last appearance in the ring saw him knocked out by Falaniko Vitale (Pictures).

Perhaps the best match-up of the opening round sees Chonan take on Henderson. The Japanese fighter is coming off a knockout loss to Baroni while Henderson, long considered one of the pound-for-pound best fighters in the world, is a surprise addition; his name was not on the list of possible GP participants released by DSE on August 4.

Pancrase's Gono returns to PRIDE for the first time since losing to Middleweight Grand Prix semifinalist Mauricio Rua (Pictures) in February 2004. He fights Rua's Chute Boxe teammate Daniel Acacio (Pictures).

Ikuhisa Minowa (Pictures) vs Phil Baroni (Pictures)

Dan Henderson (Pictures) vs Ryo Chonan (Pictures)

Daniel Acacio (Pictures) vs Akihiro Gono (Pictures)

Murilo Bustamante (Pictures) vs Masanori Suda (Pictures)

Reserve Match

Paulo Filho (Pictures) vs Ryuta Sakurai (Pictures)

[SHAMROCK 0]

boa lutas!!!!

minowa x baroni = baroni ko 2 round

henderson x chonam = henderson decisão

acacio x gono = acacio ko (massacration)

bustamante x suda = bustamante finalisação ow decisão

filho x sakuray = filho decisão