The Middle East will host a team grappling event on October 23 at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. QUINTET 5 introduces a submission-only format created by Kazushi Sakuraba, pitting teams led by Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Bob Sapp, Renzo Gracie, and Sakuraba himself.
u200bQUINTET matches unfold as succession battles. Teams of five face off in one-on-one bouts with a shared weight cap of 430 kilograms. There are no points, judges, or decision wins. Standard matches last eight minutes; if competitors differ by more than 20 kilograms, time is cut to four minutes. Only a submission ends a bout; failure to finish eliminates both athletes.