Pride Bushido 7. More news.

[FieldingMellish]

In addition to the already announced matches, Denis Martins from www.adcombat.com is reporting that another match has been added:

Luis Buscape v. Tatsuya Kawajiri

Also, earlier this week I spoke to Cage Rage promoter Andy Geer and he told me Ryuki Ueyama had pulled out of his April 30th fight with Lee Murray at Cage Rage 11 so he could fight at the next Bushido event.

So it looks like so far we have:

Ryo Chonan v. Nino Schembri
Yoshiro Maeda v. Charles "Crazy Horse" Bennett
Luis Buscape v. Tatsuya Kawajiri
Ryuki Ueyama v. TBC

Seems to be shaping up to be a cracker.

[krikit]

Kawajiri by TKO. Not sure If i'm glad or not see him in Pride.

[FieldingMellish]

Was wondering how you'd feel about it.

[sandrey1]

Wow this gonna be good show, I expect Gomi and Minowa to be on that card too

[ANdYX]

Couldn't they put Sherk in there in some way?

[sandrey1]

Couldn't they put Sherk in there in some way?

I thaught he retired ???

[( o Y o )]

I don`t recall if it has been announced or not but I`m 99% sure Minowa is in.

[FieldingMellish]

Minowa? Hope so, always great to see 'the Punk' fighting.

Ryo Chonan v. Nino Schembri
Yoshiro Maeda v. Charles "Crazy Horse" Bennett
Luis Buscape v. Tatsuya Kawajiri
Ryuki Ueyama v. TBC
Ikuhisa Minowa v. TBC
Or perhaps a Minowa-Ueyama rematch?

Definitely looking like a fun show if all this works out.

[( o Y o )]

Found this promo pic for Bushido 7. Mach also in!?!!?

[mugen67]

Maybe a Mach-Ueyama rematch, it was fun watching Mach beat on Ueyama for three rounds, I doubt they're bring Ueyama in to win (and the Minowa-Ueyama fight was boring after the first round). There was a picture of Mach on Kawajiri's blog and it looked like he was in good shape, so he must have a fight coming up (it's said that he generally is somewhat lazy about training, as well as having that back problem which makes it hard for him to train and you saw how he wasn't looking like he was in shape in recent fights).

Good to see Kawajiri in Pride (Maybe he can fight in Pride and Shooto kind of like Kondo with Pancrase) hopefully he wins his fight tonight. Buscape is a real tough first fight, I think he's a better wrestler than Shaolin, as well as being bigger (especially with the 160 lb weight limit) and having better standup (but I don't think he want to stand with Kawajiri). I think Shaolin probably has better subs (but he's more of an Arona guy than a guy that finishes a lot of fights with subs) and has accomplished more in MMA, but Buscape may be more of a challenge. I think Kawajiri can pull it off though (strikes standing and on the ground) it will be interesting to see if he can use the Pride rules to his advantage.

[Charuto]

Kawajiri's blog link?

I thaught he [Sherk] retired ??? WHAT!?!!

TK2 in PRIDE? The return of MACH? GP in a couple hours? My MMA senses are overloading.

[Cracked_Knuckle]

Kawajiri
Mach
Minowa
Chonan
Gomi

Sounds like it will be a fine event!

[mugen67]

link?



http://blog.livedoor.jp/crusher1214/

[Charuto]

http://blog.livedoor.jp/crusher1214/ Cool. MACH does look like he's in better shape. For those who want to see...

http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/crusher1214/imgs/2/4/24913a14.jpg

[( o Y o )]

Wow, Mach looks in great shape

[MexicanFighter39]

Mach Looks Great, Could We See The Old Mach Again? I Have A Feeling There Gonna Match Baroni against Ueyama.

[AKA]

Yeah Baroni has been had to the card..he just signed a deal with DSE :D
Baroni-Minowas sound good to me!
Mach?? Who the hell is he gonna fight?!
Cant wait to know Gomi opponant! (Sudo?????? I think Sudo is free, not a big contract with K1???)

[nycfreefight]

Lets see which Baroni shows up.....

[( o Y o )]

http://mars.eplus.co.jp/kougyou/graphics/ep-L0504_110.jpg

[Fozzy]

yeah mach is in ^^;

heres some more pics, *only last week* he looks in good shape.

http://www.team-mach.com/gallery/photo/photo050418_06.jpg
http://www.team-mach.com/gallery/photo/photo050418_07.jpg

*thumbs up*

man, if kawajiri hits pride. whoah...

~Foz

[walker]

Mach looks in great shape. I hope Suloev is on the card. Him vs Mach would make an awesome fight, but I don't know at what weight Mach will be fighting, perhaps Suloev is a little too big for him.

[Fozzy]

I'd think Mach will stay at welterweight... I'd hate to see him go up in weight... eek! dunno if he could drop to LW though. might lose too much strength.

~Foz