Quintet (stylized as QUINTET) is a Japanese submission grappling promotion created by mixed martial artist 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 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 Light —
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 in the Regular class or in the Lightweight class, the lighter fighter may choose between an 8- or 4-minute round.
List of winners
Weight ClassWinnerRunner-upEventDateTournament 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
#EventDate VenueLocation 1QUINTET 1April 11, 2018Ryogoku KokugikanTokyo, Japan 2QUINTET Fight Night 1June 9, 2018Differ AriakeTokyo, Japan 3QUINTET 2July 16, 2018Ota City General GymnasiumTokyo, Japan 4QUINTET 3October 5, 2018Orleans ArenaLas Vegas, United States 5QUINTET Fight Night 2February 3, 2019Arena Tachikawa TachihiTokyo, Japan 6QUINTET Fight Night 3April 7, 2019Arena Tachikawa TachihiTokyo, Japan 7QUINTET Fight Night 4November 30, 2019Akita City Cultural CenterAkita, Japan 8QUINTET UltraDecember 12, 2019Red Rock CasinoLas Vegas, United States 9QUINTET Fight Night 5October 27, 2020Korakuen HallTokyo, Japan 10QUINTET Fight Night 6March 12, 2021Ex Theater RoppongiTokyo, Japan 11QUINTET Fight Night 7July 13, 2021Korakuen HallTokyo, Japan 12QUINTET.4 ReBOOT September 10, 2023Yokohama ArenaTokyo, Japan 13 QUINTET 5October 23, 2025Coca-Cola ArenaDubai, United Arab Emirates 14 QUINTET 6July 25, 2026ButokudenKyoto, 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 SouzaJudo Dream Team Satoshi Ishii Yoon Dong-sik Michihiro Omigawa Kim Hyung-ju Shutaro DebanaPolaris Dream Team Gregor Gracie Marcin Held Craig Jones Dan Strauss Caol UnoSambo Dream Team Teodoras Aukstuolis Marius Žaromskis Mindaugas Verzbickas Sergej Grecicho Viktor Tomasevic
Quintet 1 Bracket
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 GarmoTeam TOKORO PLUS α Hideo Tokoro Takumi Yano Masakazu Imanari Naoyuki Kotani Seiichiro ItoTeam U-Zukido Daisuke Nakamura Manabu Inoue Victor Henry Masayuki Hamagishi Hikaru SatoTeam Haleo Roberto Satoshi Souza Michihiro Omigawa Masanori Kanehara Kazuyuki Miyata Kazuki Tokudome
Quintet Fight Night 1 Bracket
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 WongTeam Reebok Kazushi Sakuraba Hideo Tokoro Daisuke Nakamura Yoon Dong-sik Haisam RidaTeam 10th Planet Geo Martinez Richie Martinez PJ Barch Adam Sachnoff Amir AllamTeam Vagabond Satoshi Ishii Andrei Kazusionak João Assis Krzysiek Suchorabski Mikheil Dopidze
Quintet 2 Bracket
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 AkbariTeam Sakuraba Kazushi Sakuraba Daisuke Nakamura Josh Barnett Marcos Yoshio Souza Roberto Satoshi SouzaTeam 10th Planet PJ Barch Amir Allam Geo Martinez Richie Martinez Adam SachnoffTeam Polaris Vítor Ribeiro Gregor Gracie Marcin Held Craig Jones Dan Strauss
Super Matches Quintet 3 Weight Class Method Round Time NotesBantamweight 66 kg Nicky Ryandef. Hideo TokoroSubmission (Rear-Naked Choke)Light Heavyweight 93 kg Marcelo Nunesdef. Haisam RidaSubmission (Arm-Triangle Choke)Heavyweight 120 kg Satoshi Ishiidef. Frank MirDQ (Stalling)
Quintet 3 Bracket
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 OzawaTeam U-Japan Tsuyoshi Kosaka Hideo Tokoro Daisuke Nakamura Ikuhisa Minowa Hirotaka YokoiTeam Carpe Diem Haisam Rida Sotaro Yamada Thomas Mietz David Garmo Reda MebtoucheTeam Soldier Hideki Sekine Yuta Nakamura Sergio Rios Da Silva Declan Moody Igor Tanabe
Quintet Fight Night 2 Bracket
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 SawadaTeam Sun Chlorella Miyuu Yamamoto Sara McMann Mika Nagano Megumi Sugimoto Miyuu IkemotoTeam DEEP Jewels Tomo Maesawa Emi Tomimatsu Reina Miura Yukari Nabe Hikaru AonoTeam 10th Planet Lila Smadja-Cruz Fabiana Jorge Liz Carmouche Grace Gundrum Elvira Karppinen
Quintet Fight Night 3 Bracket
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 HiguchiTeam K-Top BJJ Inseong Jang Wanki Chae Gyeongseop Lee Youngseung Cho Jun Yong ChoTeam Sakuraba Daisuke Nakamura Yuji Hoshino Shutaro Debana Kazuhiro Suzuki Yoichi FukumotoTeam Carpe Diem Masahiro Iwasaki Tomoshige Sera Sotaro Yamada Yukinari Tamura Tomoyuki Hashimoto
Quintet Fight Night 4 Bracket
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
Teams Team UFC Anthony Smith Anthony Johnson Sean O'Malley Clay Guida Gilbert BurnsTeam Pride FC Kazushi Sakuraba Takanori Gomi Gregor Gracie Héctor Lombard Yves EdwardsTeam Strikeforce Gilbert Melendez Jake Shields Muhammed Lawal Gesias Cavalcante Renato SobralTeam WEC Chad Mendes Glover Teixeira Mark Muñoz Cub Swanson James Krause
Quintet Ultra bracket
Super Matches Quintet Ultra Weight Class Method Round Time NotesHeavyweight () Gordon Ryandef. Aleksei OleinikSubmission (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 HashimotoTeam Wolf Grant Bogdanove Masato Uchishiba Seiichiro Ito Michihiro Omigawa Shinji MoritoTeam Tokoro Plus α 2nd Naoyuki Kotani Masakazu Imanari Daisuke Nakamura Hideo Tokoro Masanori KaneharaTeam OneHundred Kohei Yasumi Toshiyasu Sagae Kenichi Ito Shoki Higuchi Caol Uno
Quintet Fight Night 5 Bracket
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 UchiyamaTeam Fairtex Kazuko Sakamoto Ryoko Yoshida Carolina De Amorim Kuwahara Julyanna Laurentino Kanon KishidaTeam Coroblock Yuki Ono Emi Fujino Norika Ryu Tomomi Sunaba Takayo Hashi
Quintet Fight Night 6 Bracket
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 SuzukiTeam Wolf Masato Uchishiba Seiichiro Ito Shinji Morito Michihiro Omigawa Grant BogdanoveTeam Brave Gym Toshiyasu Sagae Masakazu Imanari Tatsuki Saomoto Sotaro Yamada Kazuyuki MiyataTeam The Body Ride Kohei Yasumi Tomoshige Sera Daisuke Nakamura Shutaro Debana Naoyuki Kotani
Quintet Fight Night 7 Bracket
Quintet 4
QUINTET.4 ReBOOT (also known as ReBOOT ~ QUINTET.4 or Quintet 4) is a team grappling survival event 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 was 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 GrechTeam Polaris Tarik Hopstock Owen Livesey Santeri Lilius Gregor Gracie Jed HueTeam 10th Planet Geo Martinez Richie Martinez PJ Barch Kyle Boehm Amir AllamThe B-Team Bulls