December 31, 2005
Kazushi Sakuraba defeated Ikuhisa "The Punk" Minowa via Kimura 09'59" in the 1st round.

December 17, 2005
The Japanese media reports that Kazushi Sakuraba will most likely be facing one of the following heavyweight fighters on the PRIDE card on December 31st: Rodrigo 'Minotauro' Nogueira, 'Giant' Silva, Pawel Nastula, James Thompson, Alexander Emelianenko, Fabricio Werdum. - Fightsport

December 16, 2005
DSE/PRIDE reports that the matchup of Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Kiyoshi Tamura will not be taking place on the PRIDE card on December 31st. According to DSE/PRIDE, negotiations fell through, and a new opponent for Sakuraba will be announced next week. - Fightsport

November 23, 2005
The Japanese media reports that Kazushi Sakuraba is headed back to Brazil to continue his training with the Chute Boxe team. The Japanese media added that Sakuraba is expected to participate on the PRIDE card on December 31st. - Fightsport

October 23, 2005
Kazushi Sakuraba defeated Ken Shamrock via TKO (Punch) 2:27 in the 1st Round.

October 6, 2005
DSE / PRIDE confirmed what Fightsport.com first reported on September 26th, that the matchups of Ken Shamrock vs. Kazushi Sakuraba will take place on the PRIDE 30 card on October 23rd. - Fightsport

October 3, 2005
Jake R. has learned that Ken Shamrock is definitely fighting Kazushi Sakuraba, and has been training for it. Of course PRIDE could change things around before the show, but as of right now, PRIDE wants to make Ken vs. Sakuraba. - Fightsport

September 28, 2005
Kazushi Sakuraba returned to Japan and spoke to the Japanese media, after having spent time training at the Chute Boxe academy in Curitiba, Brazil. Sakuraba said that he gained new techniques during training, and that he trained three times a day in timed blocks on Muay Thai, Boxing, Jiu-Jitsu, weight training, and swimming.

Sakuraba added that if he had the chance to go back to train in Brazil again, he would do so. He issued a "no comment" to reporters regarding rumors of him participating on the PRIDE 30 card on October 23rd. - Fightsport

September 26, 2005
AFP Top 10 for the month of September ranks Kazushi Sakuraba Third in the Middle Weight Division.- Fightsport

September 10, 2005
Sources in the Japanese media report that the matchup of David 'Tank' Abbott vs. Kazushi Sakuraba may be taking place on the PRIDE 30 card. These sources add that the real reason Sakuraba has been training at Chute Boxe this past month was to prepare for a matchup against a heavy handed brawler such as Tank.- Fightsport

September 9, 2004
Brazilian magazine 'Tatame' reports that Kazushi Sakuraba was in attendance at the 'Arena Gold Fight' event that was promoted by the Chute Boxe academy on September 7th in Parana, Brazil. - Fightsport

August 20, 2004
The Japanese media reports that Kazushi Sakuraba departed Japan on August 18th, and is on his way to Curitiba, Brazil, to train with the Chute Boxe academy. "I am going to engage in intense sparring with Vanderlei Silva and those guys there", Sakuraba told the Japanese media at a press conference at Narita International Airport.

Sakuraba also joked that he wants to come back to Japan looking very muscular and in shape, and added that he will most likely be returning to the PRIDE ring on the December 31st card.- Fightsport

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