Pride Bushido 1
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| PRIDE Bushido 1 | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| Promotion | PRIDE Fighting Championships | |||
| Date | October 5, 2003 | |||
| Venue | Saitama Super Arena | |||
| City | Saitama | |||
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PRIDE Bushido 1 was a mixed martial arts event held by the PRIDE Fighting Championships at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on October 5, 2003. The card was billed as Team Japan Vs. Team Gracie, with five bouts featuring a Japanese fighter represented by Hidehiko Yoshida and a member of the Gracie family represented by Royce Gracie. In the main event, Dos Caras, Jr. became the first Hispanic fighter to compete in Pride and the first to wear a lucha libre mask during a bout. He is now better known as WWE pro wrestler Alberto Del Rio.
Results
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Mirko Filipović | def. | Alberto Rodriguez | KO (Head Kick) | 1 | 0:46 | ||
| Aleksander Emelianenko | def. | Assuerio Silva | Decision (Split) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Mauricio Rua | def. | Akira Shoji | KO (Punches) | 1 | 3:47 | ||
| Ryan Gracie | def. | Kazuhiro Hamanaka | TKO (Soccer Kicks) | 1 | 7:37 | ||
| Rodrigo Gracie | def. | Daiju Takase | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Kazuhiro Nakamura | def. | Daniel Gracie | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Ralph Gracie | def. | Dokonjonosuke Mishima | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Carlos Newton | def. | Renzo Gracie | Decision (Split) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Sergei Kharitonov | def. | Jason Suttie | Submission (Armbar) | 1 | 2:25 | ||
| Chalid Arrab | def. | Rodney Glunder | Decision (Unanimous) | 2 | 5:00 | ||
| Chris Brennan | def. | Eiji Mitsuoka | Submission (Kimura) | 1 | 4:31 | [lower-alpha 1] | |
- ↑ There was a lengthy pause a couple of minutes into the fight when Brennan released an armbar, believing that Mitsuoka had tapped out. Confusion ensued amongst both camps and the officials, and with replays inconclusive, the fight was eventually restarted.
