Quintet Fight Night 5 brought team grappling to Tokyo again, along with another edition of Kazushi Sakuraba’s latest invention, the “Ironman” format. Team Wolf came into the tournament with high hopes of pulling off the upset and taking home the victory, but were held in an incredibly even match with Team Carpe Diem with five consecutive draws before Carpe Diem were declared the winners by Judge’s Decision. The trend of drawing continued for a while but a single submission managed to be enough to secure the victory for Team Tokoro Plus a 2nd when they fought Team One Hundred in the opening round.
The final then produced only one more submission win as Team Tokoro Plus a 2nd took home the title of Quintet Fight Night 5 winners. The result of low submission finish rates seems to be common among team grappling events lately, although there’s no clear reason why this might be the case. In the Ironman match, Sakuraba emerged victorious over Takashi Sugiura 1-0 despite leglocks not being allowed.
Quintet Fight Night 5 Full Results
Team Carpe Diem v Team Wolf
Masahiro Iwasaki and Grant Bogdanove fight to a draw and double elimination
Tomoshige Sera and Masato Uchishiba fight to a draw and double elimination
Masaki Takeura and Seiichiro Ito fight to a draw and double elimination
Daisuke Shiraki and Michihiro Omigawa fight to a draw and double elimination
Tomoyuki Hashimoto and Shinji Morito fight to a draw and double elimination
Team Carpe Diem advances to final via judges’ decision after both teams fully eliminated
Team Tokoro Plus a 2nd v Team One Hundred
Naoyuki Kotani and Kohei Yasumi fight to a draw and double elimination
Masakazu Imanari and Toshiyasu Sagae fight to a draw and double elimination
Daisuke Nakamura defeats Kenichi Ito via Submission – Armbar
Daisuke Nakamura and Shoki Higuchi fight to a draw and double elimination
Hideo Tokoro and Caol Uno fight to a draw and double elimination
Team Tokoro Plus a 2nd advances to final after all Team One Hundred grapplers eliminated
Team Carpe Diem v Team Tokoro Plus a 2nd
Masanori Kanehara and Masahiro Iwasaki fight to a draw and double elimination
Naoyuki Kotani defeats Tomoshige Sera via Submission – Triangle Choke
Naoyuki Kotani and Daisuke Shiraki fight to a draw and double elimination
Daisuke Nakamura and Masaki Takeura fight to a draw and double elimination
Masakazu Imanari and Tomoyuki Hashimoto fight to a draw and double elimination
Team Tokoro Plus a 2nd wins whole event after all Team Carpe Diem grapplers eliminated
Special Matches
Kazushi Sakuraba defeats Takashi Sugiura via one submission to zero (Ironman Match with no leglocks)
Igor Tanabe defeats Haisam Rida via submission – Leglock
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