# 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.
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) | Weight class limit (kg) |
| Class name | 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 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 | Semi Finals | Semi Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Team Haleo | 2 | | | |
| | Team Judo | 0 | | | |
| | Team Judo | 0 | 3 | Team Haleo | 0 |
| | | | | Team Polaris | 2 |
| 2 | Team Polaris | 3 | | Team Polaris | 2 |
| | Team Sambo | 0 | | | |

### Quintet Fight Night 1

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

### Quintet 2

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

### Quintet 3

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

### Quintet Fight Night 2

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

### Quintet Fight Night 3

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

### Quintet Fight Night 4

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

### Quintet Ultra

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 | Semi Finals | Semi Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Team UFC | 3 | | | |
| | Team PRIDE | 2 | | | |
| | Team PRIDE | 2 | 3 | Team UFC | 1 |
| | | | | Team Strikeforce | 0 |
| 2 | Team Strikeforce | 2 | | Team Strikeforce | 0 |
| | 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 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 | Semi Finals | Finals | Finals |
| Team Carpe Diem | Team Carpe Diem | | |
| Team Wolf | Team Wolf | | |
| Team Wolf | Team Wolf | Team Carpe Diem | Team Carpe Diem |
| | | Team Tokoro Plus α 2nd | Team Tokoro Plus α 2nd |
| Team Tokoro Plus α 2nd | Team Tokoro Plus α 2nd | Team Tokoro Plus α 2nd | Team Tokoro Plus α 2nd |
| Team OneHundred | Team OneHundred | | |

### Quintet Fight Night 6

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 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Finals | Finals |
| Team Carpe Diem | Team Carpe Diem | | | Team Carpe Diem | Team Carpe Diem |
| Team Fairtex | Team Fairtex | | | Team Fairtex | Team Fairtex |
| | | Team Fairtex | Team Fairtex | | |
| | | Team Coroblock | Team Coroblock | | |

### Quintet Fight Night 7

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

### Quintet 4

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