PRIDE

PRIDE Bushido 9: The Tournament

Completed Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan 14 bouts

Key takeaways

  • Takanori Gomi beat Luiz Azeredo by unanimous decision in the main event.
  • Hayato Sakurai beat Joachim Hansen by unanimous decision in the co-main event.
  • Nine of the 14 results came early: five knockouts and four submissions.
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Main card

LA

Luiz Azeredo vs Takanori Gomi

Unanimous decision R2 5:00
TG ✓
HS ✓

Hayato Sakurai vs Joachim Hansen

Unanimous decision R2 5:00
JH
MB ✓

Murilo Bustamante vs Ikuhisa Minowa

Knockout R1 9:51
IM
DH ✓

Dan Henderson vs Akihiro Gono

Knockout R1 7:58
AG
NK

Naoyuki Kotani vs Luiz Azeredo

Knockout R1 0:11
LA ✓
TG ✓

Takanori Gomi vs Tatsuya Kawajiri

Submission R1 7:42
TK
YE

Yves Edwards vs Joachim Hansen

Split decision R2 5:00
JH ✓
JP

Jens Pulver vs Hayato Sakurai

Knockout R1 8:56
HS ✓
DM ✓

Dokonjonosuke Mishima vs Charles Bennett

Submission R1 4:04
CB
MB ✓

Murilo Bustamante vs Masanori Suda

Submission R1 3:20
MS
IM ✓

Ikuhisa Minowa vs Phil Baroni

Unanimous decision R2 5:00
PB
DH ✓

Dan Henderson vs Ryo Chonan

Knockout R1 0:22
RC
AG ✓

Akihiro Gono vs Daniel Acacio

Unanimous decision R2 5:00
DA
PF ✓

Paulo Filho vs Ryuta Sakurai

Submission R1 3:49
RS
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Results

Main and co-main events

Takanori Gomi beat Luiz Azeredo by unanimous decision after two rounds in the main event of PRIDE Bushido 9 at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo. The co-main event also went to the scorecards: Hayato Sakurai beat Joachim Hansen after two rounds.

How the card was decided

Across the 14 bouts that produced a result, five ended by knockout, four by submission and five on the judges' scorecards — nine stoppages in 14 fights. One of the five decisions divided the judges.

Finishes and fight times

The quickest finish belonged to Luiz Azeredo, who stopped Naoyuki Kotani after 11 seconds, and nine of the nine finishes came inside the opening round. The longest was Murilo Bustamante's knockout of Ikuhisa Minowa, 9 minutes and 51 seconds in. End to end, the 14 fights filled one hour and 36 minutes of cage time.

Countries, weight classes and broadcast

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