Quintet (grappling)

Quintet

Type	Private
Industry	Submission grappling promotion
Founded	2018 (2018)
Founder	Kazushi Sakuraba
Headquarters	Japan
Key people	Kazushi Sakuraba

Quintet (stylized as QUINTET) is a 5 on 5 winner stays on Japanese grappling promotion created by MMA legend Kazushi Sakuraba. Quintet is broadcast on UFC Fight Pass.^[1] Sakuraba had been developing the format with friend and former UFC champion Josh Barnett and, while in Las Vegas to be inducted to the UFC's Hall of Fame in July 2017, 'Saku' took the chance to pitch the concept to UFC executive Ant Evans. Evans, the content officer for UFC Fight Pass, loved the idea and helped the Japanese team tweak the concept before ultimately signing Quintet to a long-term deal with UFC Fight Pass.^[2]

Rules[]

Fight Mat[]

12ｍｘ12m square wrestling mat. No line boundaries. In case of obvious risk of falling out of the mat area, the referee stops the bout and the bout is restarted in a safe area in the same position.^[3]

Winner Stays On System[]

After two members from opposing teams grapple each other, the winner fights the next fighter from the opposing team. A draw results in both fighters being removed. If the last fighter on the team loses, that team loses.^[3] In the case that both teams are down to their last fighter and the match results in a draw, the winning team is determined by whichever team has the fewest cumulative penalties throughout all the matches. If both teams have an equal amount of penalties, the referees judge who was the more aggressive fighter in the final match and their team is declared the winners.

Weight[]

Total weight of the team (five fighters) must be under the weight class limit one day prior to the event. ^[3]

Class name	Weight class limit (kg)
	Men	Women
Regular	430 kg	280 kg
Light	360 kg	—

Time Limits[]

The match consists of one 8 minute round if the grapplers are close in weight. If there is a significant weight difference the lighter fighter is allowed to choose between an 8 or 4 minute round. This occurs in the Regular weight class when the difference is 20+ kg and occurs in the Lightweight class at 10+ kg. ^[3]

List of Winners[]

Weight Class	Winner	Runner-up	Event	Date	Tournament Bracket
Regular	Polaris	HALEO	Quintet 1	April 11, 2018	Quintet 1 Bracket
Light	Carpe Diem	HALEO	Quintet Fight Night 1	June 9, 2018	Quintet Fight Night 1 Bracket
Regular	10th Planet	Reebok	Quintet 2	July 16, 2018	Quintet 2 Bracket
Regular	Alpha Male	Polaris	Quintet 3	October 5, 2018	Quintet 3 Bracket
Regular	Carpe Diem	Neo Judo	Quintet Fight Night 2	February 3, 2019	Quintet Fight Night 2 Bracket
Female Regular	10th Planet	BJJ Kunoichi	Quintet Fight Night 3	April 7, 2019	Quintet Fight Night 3 Bracket
Light	Carpe Diem	Sakuraba	Quintet Fight Night 4	November 30, 2019	Quintet Fight Night 4 Bracket
Regular	Team UFC	Team Strikeforce	Quintet Ultra	December 12, 2019	Quintet Ultra Bracket
Light	Tokoro Plus α 2nd	Carpe Diem	Quintet Fight Night 5	October 27, 2020	Quintet Fight Night 5 Bracket
Female Regular	Carpe Diem	Fairtex	Quintet Fight Night 6	March 12, 2021	Quintet Fight Night 6 Bracket
Light	Wolf	The Body Ride	Quintet Fight Night 7	July 13, 2021	Quintet Fight Night 7 Bracket

List of events[]

#	Event	Date	Venue	Location
1	QUINTET 1	April 11, 2018	Ryogoku Kokugikan	Tokyo, Japan
2	QUINTET Fight Night 1	June 9, 2018	Differ Ariake	Tokyo, Japan
3	QUINTET 2	July 16, 2018	Ota City General Gymnasium	Tokyo, Japan
4	QUINTET 3	October 5, 2018	Orleans Arena	Las Vegas, United States
5	QUINTET Fight Night 2	February 3, 2019	Arena Tachikawa Tachihi	Tokyo, Japan
6	QUINTET Fight Night 3	April 7, 2019	Arena Tachikawa Tachihi	Tokyo, Japan
7	QUINTET Fight Night 4	November 30, 2019	Akita City Cultural Center	Akita, Japan
8	QUINTET Ultra	December 12, 2019	Red Rock Casino	Las Vegas, United States
9	QUINTET Fight Night 5	October 27, 2020	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan
10	QUINTET Fight Night 6	March 12, 2021	Ex Theater Roppongi	Tokyo, Japan
11	QUINTET Fight Night 7	July 13, 2021	Korakuen Hall	Tokyo, Japan

Quintet 1[]

Quintet 1
Information
Promotion	Quintet
Date	April 11, 2018
Venue	Ryōgoku Kokugikan
City	Tokyo, Japan

Quintet 1 was a team grappling event held by Quintet on April 11, 2018 at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan.

Teams[]

Haleo Dream Team Kazushi Sakuraba Josh Barnett Daisuke Nakamura Hideo Tokoro Marcos Souza	Judo Dream Team Satoshi Ishii Yoon Dong-sik Michihiro Omigawa Kim Hyung-ju Shutaro Debana
Polaris Dream Team Gregor Gracie Marcin Held Dan Strauss Caol Uno	Sambo Dream Team Teodoras Aukstuolis Marius Žaromskis Mindaugas Verzbickas Sergej Grecicho Viktor Tomasevic

Quintet 1 Bracket[]

	Semi Finals					Finals
	1	Team Haleo	2
		Team Judo	0
						3	Team Haleo	0
							Team Polaris	2
	2	Team Polaris	3
		Team Sambo	0

Quintet Fight Night 1[]

Quintet Fight Night 1
Information
Promotion	Quintet
Date	June 9, 2018
Venue	Differ Ariake
City	Tokyo, Japan

Quintet Fight Night 1 was a grappling team survival event held by Quintet on June 9, 2018 at the Differ Ariake in Tokyo, Japan.

Teams[]

Team Carpe Diem Masahiro Iwasaki Daisuke Sugie Tomoshige Sera Yoshihiko Matsumoto David Garmo	Team TOKORO PLUS α Hideo Tokoro Takumi Yano Masakazu Imanari Naoyuki Kotani Seiichiro Ito
Team U-Zukido Daisuke Nakamura Manabu Inoue Victor Henry Masayuki Hamagishi Hikaru Sato	Team Haleo Roberto Souza Michihiro Omigawa Masanori Kanehara Kazuyuki Miyata Kazuki Tokudome

Quintet Fight Night 1 Bracket[]

	Semi Finals					Finals
	1	Carpe Diem	ADV
		TOKORO PLUS α	0
						3	Carpe Diem	ADV
							Haleo	0
	2	U-Zukido	0
		Haleo	3

Quintet 2[]

Quintet 2
Information
Promotion	Quintet
Date	July 16, 2018
Venue	Ota City General Gymnasium
City	Tokyo, Japan

Quintet 2 was a team grappling event held by Quintet on July 16, 2018 at the Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.

Teams[]

Team Tiger Muay Thai Stuart Cooper Christophe Vandijck Tarek Suleiman Alex Schild Viking Wong	Team Reebok Kazushi Sakuraba Hideo Tokoro Daisuke Nakamura Yoon Dong-sik Haisam Rida
Team 10th Planet Geo Martinez Richie Martinez PJ Barch Adam Sachnoff Amir Allam	Team Vagabond Satoshi Ishii Andrei Kazusionak João Assis Krzysiek Suchorabski Mikheil Dopidze

Quintet 2 Bracket[]

	Semi Finals					Finals
	1	Tiger Muay Thai	0
		Team Reebok	3
						3	Team Reebok	0
							Team 10th Planet	2
	2	Team 10th Planet	ADV
		Team Vagabond	0

Quintet 3[]

Quintet 3
Information
Promotion	Quintet
Date	October 5, 2018
Venue	Orleans Arena
City	Las Vegas, USA

Quintet 3 was a grappling team survival event held by Quintet on October 5, 2018 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, USA.

Teams[]

Team Alpha Male Urijah Faber Antoine Jaoude Gordon Ryan Mansher Khera Dustin Akbari	Team Sakuraba Kazushi Sakuraba Daisuke Nakamura Josh Barnett Marcos Souza Roberto Souza
Team 10th Planet PJ Barch Amir Allam Geo Martinez Richie Martinez Adam Sachnoff	Team Polaris Vítor Ribeiro Gregor Gracie Marcin Held Dan Strauss

Super Matches[]

Quintet 3
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Bantamweight 66 kg	Nicky Ryan	def.	Hideo Tokoro	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Marcelo Nunes	def.	Haisam Rida	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)
Heavyweight 120 kg	Satoshi Ishii	def.	Frank Mir	DQ (Stalling)

Quintet 3 Bracket[]

	Semi Finals					Finals
	1	Team Alpha Male	3
		Team Sakuraba	0
						3	Team Alpha Male	2
							Team Polaris	0
	2	Team 10th Planet	0
		Team Polaris	2

Quintet Fight Night 2[]

Quintet Fight Night 2
Information
Promotion	Quintet
Date	February 3, 2019
Venue	Arena Tachikawa Tachihi
City	Tokyo, Japan

Quintet Fight Night 2 was a grappling team survival event held by Quintet on February 3, 2019 at the Arena Tachikawa Tachihi in Tokyo, Japan.

Teams[]

Team Neo Judo Michihiro Omigawa Shutaro Debana Yoshiyuki Yoshida Koshi Matsumoto Yukiyasu Ozawa	Team U-Japan Tsuyoshi Kosaka Hideo Tokoro Daisuke Nakamura Ikuhisa Minowa Hirotaka Yokoi
Team Carpe Diem Haisam Rida Sotaro Yamada Thomas Mietz David Garmo Reda Mebtouche	Team Soldier Hideki Sekine Yuta Nakamura Sergio Rios Da Silva Declan Moody Igor Tanabe

Quintet Fight Night 2 Bracket[]

	Semi Finals					Finals
	Team Neo Judo
	Team U-Japan
						Team Neo Judo
						Team Carpe Diem
	Team Carpe Diem
	Team Soldier

Quintet Fight Night 3[]

Quintet Fight Night 3
Information
Promotion	Quintet
Date	April 7, 2019
Venue	Arena Tachikawa Tachihi
City	Tokyo, Japan

Quintet Fight Night 3 was a grappling team survival event held by Quintet on April 7, 2019 at the Arena Tachikawa Tachihi in Tokyo, Japan. It was the first Quintet event to feature women's grappling.

Teams[]

Team BJJ Kunoichi Rikako Yuasa Iori Echigo Nanami Ichikawa Yuki Sugiuchi Akiko Sawada	Team Sun Chlorella Miyuu Yamamoto Sara McMann Mika Nagano Megumi Sugimoto Miyuu Ikemoto
Team DEEP Jewels Tomo Maesawa Emi Tomimatsu Reina Miura Yukari Nabe Hikaru Aono	Team 10th Planet Lila Smadja-Cruz Fabiana Jorge Liz Carmouche Grace Gundrum Elvira Karppinen

Quintet Fight Night 3 Bracket[]

	Semi Finals					Finals
	Team 10th Planet
	Team DEEP Jewels
						Team 10th Planet
						Team BJJ Kunoichi
	Team Sun Chlorella
	Team BJJ Kunoichi

Quintet Fight Night 4[]

Quintet Fight Night 4
Information
Promotion	Quintet
Date	November 30, 2019
Venue	Akita City Cultural Center
City	Akita, Japan

Quintet Fight Night 4 was a grappling team survival event held by Quintet on November 30, 2019 at the Akita City Cultural Center in Akita, Japan.

Teams[]

Team Paraestra Kohei Yasumi Ayumu Shioda Yutaka Saito Yusuke Honma Shoki Higuchi	Team K-Top BJJ Inseong Jang Wanki Chae Gyeongseop Lee Youngseung Cho Jun Yong Cho
Team Sakuraba Daisuke Nakamura Yuji Hoshino Shutaro Debana Kazuhiro Suzuki Yoichi Fukumoto	Team Carpe Diem Masahiro Iwasaki Tomoshige Sera Sotaro Yamada Yukinari Tamura Tomoyuki Hashimoto

Quintet Fight Night 4 Bracket[]

	Semi Finals					Finals
	Team Carpe Diem
	Team K-Top BJJ
						Team Carpe Diem
						Team Sakuraba
	Team Sakuraba
	Team Paraestra

Quintet Ultra[]

Quintet Ultra
Information
Promotion	Quintet
Date	December 12, 2019
Venue	Red Rock Casino
City	Las Vegas, USA

Quintet Ultra was a grappling team survival event held by Quintet on December 12, 2019 at the Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas, USA. This event was based around teams representing four of the most notable MMA promotions: the UFC, Pride Fighting Championships, Strikeforce and World Extreme Cagefighting. Combatants were chosen based on how closely linked their careers were to those promotions.

Teams[]

Team UFC Anthony Smith Anthony Johnson Sean O'Malley Clay Guida Gilbert Burns	Team Pride FC Kazushi Sakuraba Takanori Gomi Gregor Gracie Héctor Lombard Yves Edwards
Team Strikeforce Gilbert Melendez Jake Shields Muhammed Lawal Gesias Cavalcante Renato Sobral	Team WEC Chad Mendes Glover Teixeira Mark Muñoz Cub Swanson James Krause

Quintet Ultra bracket[]

	Semi Finals					Finals
	1	Team UFC	3
		Team PRIDE	2
						3	Team UFC	1
							Team Strikeforce	0
	2	Team Strikeforce	2
		Team WEC	1

^[4]

Super Matches[]

Quintet Ultra
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight 120 kg	Gordon Ryan	def.	Aleksei Oleinik	Submission (kneebar)

Quintet Fight Night 5[]

Quintet Fight Night 5
Information
Promotion	Quintet
Date	October 27, 2020
Venue	Korakuen Hall
City	Tokyo, Japan

Quintet Fight Night 5 was a grappling team survival event held by Quintet on October 27, 2020 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Teams[]

Team Carpe Diem Masahiro Iwasaki Tomoshige Sera Masaki Takeura Daisuke Shiraki Tomoyuki Hashimoto	Team Wolf Grant Bogdanove Masato Uchishiba Seiichiro Ito Michihiro Omigawa Shinji Morito
Team Tokoro Plus α 2nd Naoyuki Kotani Masakazu Imanari Daisuke Nakamura Hideo Tokoro Masanori Kanehara	Team OneHundred Kohei Yasumi Toshiyasu Sagae Kenichi Ito Shoki Higuchi Caol Uno

Quintet Fight Night 5 Bracket[]

	Semi Finals					Finals
	Team Carpe Diem
	Team Wolf
						Team Carpe Diem
						Team Tokoro Plus α 2nd
	Team Tokoro Plus α 2nd
	Team OneHundred

Quintet Fight Night 6[]

Quintet Fight Night 6
Information
Promotion	Quintet
Date	March 12, 2021
Venue	Ex Theater Roppongi
City	Tokyo, Japan

Quintet Fight Night 6 was a grappling team survival event held by Quintet on March 12, 2021 at the Ex Theater Roppongi in Tokyo, Japan.

Teams[]

Team Carpe Diem Satomi Takano Mitomo Moriwaki Haruki Ishiguro Satomi Suga Yuki Uchiyama	Team Fairtex Kazuko Sakamoto Ryoko Yoshida Carolina De Amorim Kuwahara Julyanna Laurentino Kanon Kishida
Team Coroblock Yuki Ono Emi Fujino Norika Ryu Tomomi Sunaba Takayo Hashi

Quintet Fight Night 6 Bracket[]

Round 1

Round 2

Finals

Team Carpe Diem

Team Carpe Diem

Team Fairtex

Team Fairtex

Team Fairtex

Team Coroblock

Key:

Winning team advances

Losing team advances

Quintet Fight Night 7[]

Quintet Fight Night 7
Information
Promotion	Quintet
Date	July 13, 2021
Venue	Korakuen Hall
City	Tokyo, Japan

Quintet Fight Night 7 was a lightweight grappling team survival event held by Quintet on July 13, 2021 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.

Teams[]

Team Tri-Force Naoki Hirata Nobuhiro Sawada Daizo Ishige Kosuke Nakajima Kazuhiro Suzuki	Team Wolf Masato Uchishiba Seiichiro Ito Shinji Morito Michihiro Omigawa Grant Bogdanove
Team Brave Gym Toshiyasu Sagae Masakazu Imanari Tatsuki Saomoto Sotaro Yamada Kazuyuki Miyata	Team The Body Ride Kohei Yasumi Tomoshige Sera Daisuke Nakamura Shutaro Debana Naoyuki Kotani

Quintet Fight Night 7 Bracket[]

	Semi Finals					Finals
	Team Tri-Force
	Team Wolf
						Team Wolf
						Team The Body Ride
	Team Brave Gym
	Team The Body Ride

References[]

External links[]

• Official website