Bushido Eleven


June 4, 2006 in Saitama, Japan
Saitama Super Arena drawing 7,500
Shown on tape delay on US PPV
  1. Jason Black TKO Eoh Won Jin (1st - 4:25).

  2. Amar Suloev beat Murilo Bustamante (2nd) via unanimous decision.

  3. Paulo Filho beat Gregory Bouchelaghem (2nd) via unanimous decision.

  4. Ryo Chonan beat Joey Villasenor (2nd) via split decision.

  5. Gegard Mousasi TKO Makoto Takimoto (1st - 5:34).

  6. Mitsuhiro Ishida beat Marcus Aurelio (2nd) via unanimous decision.

  7. Tatsuya Kawajiri beat Charles Bennett (1st - 2:30) via submission.

  8. Hayato Sakurai KO Olaf Alfonso (1st - 1:54).

  9. Akihiro Gono beat Hector Lombard (2nd) via unanimous decision.

  10. Denis Kang KO Murilo Rua (1st - 0:15).

  11. Kazuo Misaki beat Phil Baroni (2nd) via unanimous decision.










Bushido Twelve


August 26, 2006 in Nagoya, Japan
Rainbow Hall drawing 9,952
Highlights shown 8/27 on FSN (0.5)
  1. Daisuke Nakamura beat Seichi Ikemoto (1st - 3:36) via submission.

  2. Hiroyuki Abe drew Naoki Matsushita (2nd).

  3. Hatsu Hioki beat Jeff Curran (2nd) via unanimous decision.

  4. Shinya Aoki beat Jason Black (1st - 1:58) via submission.

  5. Gilbert Melendez beat Nobuhiro Obiya (2nd) via unanimous decision.

  6. Tatsuya Kawajiri TKO Chris Brennan (1st - 0:29).

  7. Mitsuhiro Ishida beat Cristiano Marcello (2nd) via unanimous decision.

  8. Hayato Sakurai TKO Luciano Azevedo (1st - 4:35).

  9. Ikuhisa Minowa beat Eric Esch (Butterbean) (1st - 4:25) via submission.

  10. Denis Kang Amar beat Suloev (1st - 4:10) via submission.

  11. Paulo Filho beat Ryo Chonan (1st - 2:30) via submission.

  12. Akihiro Gono beat Gegard Mousasi (2nd - 4:24) via submission.

  13. Kazuo Misaki beat Dan Henderson (2nd) via unanimous decision.

  14. Takanori Gomi beat David Baron (1st - 7:10) via submission.










Bushido Thirteen


November 5, 2006 in Yokohama, Japan
Yokohama Arena drawing 8,000
Shown November 12, 2006 on US PPV
  1. Gegard Mousasi beat Hector Lombard (2nd) via unanimous decision.

  2. Paulo Filho beat Kazuo Misaki (1st - 9:43) via submission. Filho was injured during the match and couldn't continue in the tournament. Therefore, Misaki advanced to the finals.

  3. Denis Kang beat Akihiro Gono (2nd) via unanimous decision.

  4. Murilo Bustamante beat Dong Sik Yoon (2nd) via unanimous decision.

  5. Luiz Firmino beat Nobuhiro Obiya (2nd) via unanimous decision.

  6. Joe Pearson beat Yoshiro Maeda (1st - 0:54) via submission.

  7. Sanae Kikuta beat Jean Francois Lenogue (2nd) via unanimous decision.

  8. Ikuhisa Minowa beat Mike Plotcheck (2nd) via unanimous decision.

  9. Mitsuhiro Ishida beat David Bielkheden (2nd) via unanimous decision.

  10. Shinya Aoki beat Clay French (1st - 3:57) via submission.

  11. Takanori Gomi beat Marcus Aurelio (2nd) via split decision.

  12. Kazuo Misaki beat Denis Kang (2nd) via split decision to win the Welterweight Grand Prix 2006.










Welterweight Grand Prix 2006


June 4 - November 5, 2006

Dennis Kang__________
                     |Kang_____
Murilo Rua___________|         |
                               |Kang____
Murilo Bustamante____          |        |
                     |Suloev___|        |
Amar Suloev__________|                  |
                                        |Kang___
Akihiro Gono_________                   |       |
                     |Gono_____         |       |
Hector Lombard_______|         |        |       |
                               |Gono____|       |
Makoto Takimoto______          |                |
                     |Mousasi__|                |
Gegard Mousasi_______|                          |
                                                |Misaki__
Paulo Filho__________                           |
                     |Filho____                 |
Gregory Bouchelaghem_|         |                |
                               |Filho___        |
Joey Villasenor______          |        |       |
                     |Chonan___|        |       |
Ryo Chonan___________|                  |       |
                                        |***____|
Kazuo Misaki_________                   |
                     |Misaki___         |
Phil Baroni__________|         |        |
                               |Misaki__|
                Dan Henderson__|

Note: Filho was injured in winning his semi-final match and couldn't
continue in the tournament. Therefore, Misaki advanced to the finals.