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Quintet

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

Quintet (stylized asQUINTET) is a Japanesesubmission grappling promotion created bymixed martial artistKazushi Sakuraba that uses a 5-on-5, winner-stays-on format. It debuted on April 11, 2018 onUFC Fight Pass.^[1]

Sakuraba developed Quintet with former UFC championJosh 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.

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

Quintet 1 was a teamgrappling event held by Quintet on April 11, 2018, at theRyōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan.

	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 was a team grappling survival event held by Quintet on June 9, 2018, at theDiffer Ariake in Tokyo, Japan.

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

	Semi Finals					Finals
	1	Tiger Muay Thai	0
		Team Reebok	3
						3	Team Reebok	0
							Team10th Planet	2
	2	Team10th Planet	ADV
		Team Vagabond	0

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

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)

	Semi Finals					Finals
	1	Team Alpha Male	3
		TeamSakuraba	0
						3	Team Alpha Male	2
							Team Polaris	0
	2	Team10th Planet	0
		Team Polaris	2

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

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

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

	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 was a teamgrappling survival event held by Quintet on November 30, 2019, at theAkita City Cultural Center in Akita, Japan.

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

Quintet Ultra was a team grappling survival event held by Quintet on December 12, 2019, at theRed Rock Casino in Las Vegas, USA.^[3] This event was based around teams representing four MMA promotions: theUFC,Pride Fighting Championships,Strikeforce, andWorld Extreme Cagefighting. Participants were selected based onhow closely linked their careers were to those promotions.^[clarify]

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

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

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

Round 1

Round 2

Finals

Team Carpe Diem

Team Carpe Diem

Team Fairtex

Team Fairtex

Team Fairtex

Team Coroblock

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

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

ReBOOT ~ QUINTET.4 (also known asQuintet 4) is a team grappling survival event to be held by Quintet on September 10, 2023, at theYokohama Arena in Tokyo, Japan.^[4] It is part of a larger collaborative event withK-1, known as "ReBOOT", and will be the first Quintet event after a two-year hiatus.^[5]

The original four teams competing would representPolaris,10th Planet Jiu Jitsu,New Wave Jiu Jitsu, andKazushi 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 onFloGrappling 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 onDAZN.^[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]

	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

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