Quintet_(grappling)

Quintet (grappling)

Quintet (grappling)

Japanese submission grappling promotion


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.[1]

Quick Facts Company type, Industry ...

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.[2]

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.[2]

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.[2]

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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.[2]

List of winners

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Events

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Quintet 1

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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

Judo Dream Team

Polaris Dream Team

Sambo Dream Team

Quintet 1 Bracket

Semi Finals Finals
      
1 Japan Team Haleo 2
Japan Team Judo 0
3 Japan Team Haleo 0
United Kingdom Team Polaris 2
2 United Kingdom Team Polaris 3
Lithuania Team Sambo 0

Quintet Fight Night 1

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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

  • Japan Masahiro Iwasaki
  • Japan Daisuke Sugie
  • Japan Tomoshige Sera
  • Japan Yoshihiko Matsumoto
  • United States David Garmo

Team TOKORO PLUS α

Team U-Zukido

Team Haleo

Quintet Fight Night 1 Bracket

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

Quintet 2

Quick Facts Information, Promotion ...

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

  • England Stuart Cooper
  • Belgium Christophe Vandijck
  • Syria Tarek Suleiman
  • United States Alex Schild
  • Hong Kong Viking Wong

Team Reebok

Team 10th Planet

  • United States Geo Martinez
  • United States Richie Martinez
  • United States PJ Barch
  • United States Adam Sachnoff
  • United States Amir Allam

Team Vagabond

Quintet 2 Bracket

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

Quintet 3

Quick Facts Information, Promotion ...

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

Team Sakuraba

Team 10th Planet

  • United States PJ Barch
  • United States Amir Allam
  • United States Geo Martinez
  • United States Richie Martinez
  • United States Adam Sachnoff

Team Polaris

Super Matches

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Quintet 3 Bracket

Semi Finals Finals
      
1 United States Team Alpha Male 3
Japan Team Sakuraba 0
3 United States Team Alpha Male 2
United Kingdom Team Polaris 0
2 United States Team 10th Planet 0
United Kingdom Team Polaris 2

Quintet Fight Night 2

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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

Team U-Japan

Team Carpe Diem

  • Ghana Haisam Rida
  • Japan Sotaro Yamada
  • France Thomas Mietz
  • United States David Garmo
  • France Reda Mebtouche

Team Soldier

  • Japan Hideki Sekine
  • Japan Yuta Nakamura
  • Brazil Sergio Rios Da Silva
  • Australia Declan Moody
  • Brazil Igor Tanabe

Quintet Fight Night 2 Bracket

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

Quintet Fight Night 3

Quick Facts Information, Promotion ...

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

  • Japan Rikako Yuasa
  • Japan Iori Echigo
  • Japan Nanami Ichikawa
  • Japan Yuki Sugiuchi
  • Japan Akiko Sawada

Team Sun Chlorella

Team DEEP Jewels

Team 10th Planet

  • United States Lila Smadja-Cruz
  • United States Fabiana Jorge
  • United States Liz Carmouche
  • United States Grace Gundrum
  • Finland Elvira Karppinen

Quintet Fight Night 3 Bracket

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

Quintet Fight Night 4

Quick Facts Information, Promotion ...

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

  • Japan Kohei Yasumi
  • Japan Ayumu Shioda
  • Japan Yutaka Saito
  • Japan Yusuke Honma
  • Japan Shoki Higuchi

Team K-Top BJJ

  • South Korea Inseong Jang
  • South Korea Wanki Chae
  • South Korea Gyeongseop Lee
  • South Korea Youngseung Cho
  • South Korea Jun Yong Cho

Team Sakuraba

Team Carpe Diem

  • Japan Masahiro Iwasaki
  • Japan Tomoshige Sera
  • Japan Sotaro Yamada
  • Japan Yukinari Tamura
  • Japan Tomoyuki Hashimoto

Quintet Fight Night 4 Bracket

Semi Finals Finals
      
Japan Team Carpe Diem
South Korea Team K-Top BJJ
Japan Team Carpe Diem
Japan Team Sakuraba
Japan Team Sakuraba
Japan Team Paraestra

Quintet Ultra

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Quintet Ultra was a team grappling survival event held by Quintet on December 12, 2019, at the Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas, USA.[3] 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.[clarify]

Teams

Team UFC

Team Pride FC

Team Strikeforce

Team WEC

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

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Quintet Fight Night 5

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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

  • Japan Masahiro Iwasaki
  • Japan Tomoshige Sera
  • Japan Masaki Takeura
  • Japan Daisuke Shiraki
  • Japan Tomoyuki Hashimoto

Team Wolf

Team Tokoro Plus α 2nd

Team OneHundred

Quintet Fight Night 5 Bracket

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

Quintet Fight Night 6

Quick Facts Information, Promotion ...

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

  • Japan Satomi Takano
  • Japan Mitomo Moriwaki
  • Japan Haruki Ishiguro
  • Japan Satomi Suga
  • Japan Yuki Uchiyama

Team Fairtex

  • Japan Kazuko Sakamoto
  • Japan Ryoko Yoshida
  • Japan Carolina De Amorim Kuwahara
  • Brazil Julyanna Laurentino
  • Japan Kanon Kishida

Team Coroblock

Quintet Fight Night 6 Bracket

Round 1Round 2Finals
Japan Team Carpe DiemJapan Team Carpe Diem
Japan Team FairtexJapan Team Fairtex
Japan Team Fairtex
Japan Team Coroblock

Quintet Fight Night 7

Quick Facts Information, Promotion ...

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

  • Japan Naoki Hirata
  • Japan Nobuhiro Sawada
  • Japan Daizo Ishige
  • Japan Kosuke Nakajima
  • Japan Kazuhiro Suzuki

Team Wolf

Team Brave Gym

Team The Body Ride

Quintet Fight Night 7 Bracket

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

Quintet 4

Quick Facts ReBOOT ~ QUINTET.4, Information ...

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.[4] 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.[5]

The original four teams competing would represent Polaris, 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu, New Wave Jiu-Jitsu, and Kazushi Sakuraba.[6] However, Team New Wave Jiu-Jitsu withdrew from the event on July 28, 2023.[7] They were replaced by B-Team Jiu-Jitsu the following day.[8]

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.[9] The event will also stream globally on DAZN.[10][11] The B-Team Bulls won the event.[12] 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.[13]

Teams

Team Sakuraba

Team Polaris

  • Norway Tarik Hopstock
  • England Owen Livesey
  • Finland Santeri Lilius
  • Brazil Gregor Gracie
  • England Jed Hue

Team 10th Planet

  • United States Geo Martinez
  • United States Richie Martinez
  • United States PJ Barch
  • United States Kyle Boehm
  • United States Amir Allam

The B-Team Bulls

Quintet 4 Bracket

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

References

  1. "Sakuraba's New 5-on-5 Grappling Event Quintet Debuts Overnight on UFC Fight Pass". MMA Weekly. April 10, 2018. Archived from the original on April 18, 2023. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  2. "Rule". Quintet. Archived from the original on May 21, 2023. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  3. Billington, Roy (December 13, 2019). "Quintet Ultra Results and Highlights: UFC Edges Past Strikeforce". Bloody Elbow. Archived from the original on April 18, 2023. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  4. Lindsey, Alex. "Quintet Will Return For The First Time In Two Years In 2023". Jitsmagazine. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  5. Blackett, Todd. "Full Lineup Announced For Quintet 4 Teams". Jitsmagazine. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  6. Jones, Phil. "New Wave Jiu-Jitsu Pulls Out Of Quintet 4". Jitsmagazine. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  7. Blackett, Todd. "B-Team Replaces New Wave At Quintet 4". Jitsmagazine. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  8. Blackett, Todd. "Quintet Announce Exclusive Streaming Deal With FloGrappling". Jitsmagazine. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  9. "K-1 and QUINTET to be live-streamed via DAZN worldwide". MMA Underground. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  10. "The JitsMagazine 2023 BJJ Awards". Jitsmagazine. Retrieved January 2, 2024.

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