Quintet (grappling)

Quintet (stylized as QUINTET) is a Japanese submission grappling promotion created by mixed martial artitst Kazushi Sakuraba that uses a 5-on-5, winner-stays-on format. It debuted on April 11, 2018 on UFC Fight Pass.

Quintet

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

Sakuraba developed Quintet with former UFC champion Josh Barnett. In July 2017, while in Las Vegas, Sakuraba pitched the concept of Quintet to Ant Evans, the content officer for UFC Fight Pass. Evans worked with Sakuraba to further develop the concept before ultimately signing Quintet to a long-term deal with UFC Fight Pass.

Rules

Fight mat

In Quintet, bouts take place on a 12-meter by 12-meter (39 ft) square wrestling mat with no line boundaries. If the fighters move too close to the edge of the mat, the referee stops the bout and restarts it in a safe area of the mat with the fighters assuming the same positions they were in when the bout was stopped.

Winner-Stays-On System

The match begins with a bout between two fighters, one from each team. The winner fights the next fighter from the opposing team. If the bout ends in a draw, both fighters are removed and the next fighter from each team enters the mat to grapple. If the last fighter on a team loses their bout, that team loses. If a bout between both teams’ last fighters ends in a draw, whichever team had the fewest cumulative penalties throughout all of the bouts wins. If both teams have an equal number of penalties, the referees determine the winning team based on which fighter in the final bout was most aggressive.

Weight

The total weight of all five fighters on a team must be below the weight class limit as measured one day before the event.

Class name	Weight class limit (kg)
	Men	Women
Regular	430 kg (950 lb)	280 kg (620 lb)
Light	360 kg (790 lb)	—

Time Limits

Each bout consists of one 8-minute round if the fighters are close in weight. If the difference in the fighters’ weights is more than 20 kilograms (44 lb) in the Regular class or 10 kilograms (22 lb) in the Lightweight class, the lighter fighter may choose between an 8- or 4-minute round.

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
Regular	The B-Team Bulls	Team 10th Planet	Quintet 4	September 10, 2023	Quintet 4 Bracket

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
12	ReBOOT ~ QUINTET.4	September 10, 2023	Yokohama Arena	Tokyo, Japan

Quintet 1

Quintet 1
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 Yoshio Souza	Judo Dream Team Satoshi Ishii Yoon Dong-sik Michihiro Omigawa Kim Hyung-ju Shutaro Debana
Polaris Dream Team Gregor Gracie Marcin Held Craig Jones 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
Promotion	Quintet
Date	June 9, 2018
Venue	Differ Ariake
City	Tokyo, Japan

Quintet Fight Night 1 was a team grappling 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 Satoshi 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
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
Promotion	Quintet
Date	October 5, 2018
Venue	Orleans Arena
City	Las Vegas, USA

Quintet 3 was a team grappling 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 Yoshio Souza Roberto Satoshi Souza
Team 10th Planet PJ Barch Amir Allam Geo Martinez Richie Martinez Adam Sachnoff	Team Polaris Vítor Ribeiro Gregor Gracie Marcin Held Craig Jones 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
Promotion	Quintet
Date	February 3, 2019
Venue	Arena Tachikawa Tachihi
City	Tokyo, Japan

Quintet Fight Night 2 was a team grappling 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
Promotion	Quintet
Date	April 7, 2019
Venue	Arena Tachikawa Tachihi
City	Tokyo, Japan

Quintet Fight Night 3 was a team grappling 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
Promotion	Quintet
Date	November 30, 2019
Venue	Akita City Cultural Center
City	Akita, Japan

Quintet Fight Night 4 was a team grappling 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
Promotion	Quintet
Date	December 12, 2019
Venue	Red Rock Casino
City	Las Vegas, USA

Quintet Ultra was a team grappling 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 MMA promotions: the UFC, Pride Fighting Championships, Strikeforce, and World Extreme Cagefighting. Participants were selected 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

Super Matches

Quintet Ultra
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight (120 kg (260 lb))	Gordon Ryan	def.	Aleksei Oleinik	Submission (kneebar)

Quintet Fight Night 5

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

Quintet Fight Night 5 was a team grappling 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
Promotion	Quintet
Date	March 12, 2021
Venue	Ex Theater Roppongi
City	Tokyo, Japan

Quintet Fight Night 6 was a team grappling 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

Quintet Fight Night 7

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

Quintet Fight Night 7 was a lightweight team grappling 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

Quintet 4

ReBOOT ~ QUINTET.4
Promotion	Quintet
Date	September 10, 2023
Venue	Yokohama Arena
City	Tokyo, Japan

ReBOOT ~ QUINTET.4 (also known as Quintet 4) is a team grappling survival event to be held by Quintet on September 10, 2023, at the Yokohama Arena in Tokyo, Japan. It is part of a larger collaborative event with K-1, known as "ReBOOT", and will be the first Quintet event after a two-year hiatus.

The original four teams competing would represent Polaris, 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu, New Wave Jiu Jitsu, and Kazushi Sakuraba. However, Team New Wave Jiu Jitsu withdrew from the event on July 28, 2023. They were replaced by B-Team Jiu-Jitsu the following day.

Quintet 4 will be streamed on FloGrappling as part of a new streaming deal, making it the first event to not be streamed on UFC Fight Pass. The event will also stream globally on DAZN. The B-Team Bulls won the event. Craig Jones was awarded 'Submission of the Year' at the JitsMagazine BJJ Awards 2023 for the Toehold he submitted Richie Martinez with in the final match.

Teams

Team Sakuraba Kazushi Sakuraba Tomoshige Sera Daisuke Nakamura Haisam Rida Harry Grech	Team Polaris Tarik Hopstock Owen Livesey Santeri Lilius Gregor Gracie Jed Hue
Team 10th Planet Geo Martinez Richie Martinez PJ Barch Kyle Boehm Amir Allam	The B-Team Bulls Craig Jones Nick Rodriguez Nicky Ryan Jacob Rodriguez Jozef Chen

Quintet 4 Bracket

	Semi Finals					Finals
	Team 10th Planet		1
	Team Sakuraba		0
						Team 10th Planet		0
						The B-Team Bulls		2
	Team Polaris
	The B-Team Bulls		DEC

External links

• Official website