Dubai, October 25, 2025: Native heroes Staff Nogueira Dubai gained the QUINTET 5 crew occasion on an exciting evening of grappling motion that includes fight sports activities legends, world-class athletes, and an electrical crowd at Coca-Cola Area.
It was the primary time the Japan-based QUINTET promotion had been within the Center East and the Dubai crowd was not left disenchanted after an enchanting evening left the home-town crew standing tall.
The 4 outfits competing within the distinctive crew survival format had been coached by 4 fight sport legends in Kazushi Sakuraba (Staff Saku), Renzo Gracie (Staff Gracie), Bob Sapp (Staff Bangtao), and Antonia Rodrigo Nogueira (Staff Nogueira Dubai).
The five-man groups competed in a bracket format with Staff Saku Japan taking over Staff Renzo Gracie, and Staff Bangtao Thailand dealing with Staff Nogueira Dubai in Spherical One.
One fighter from every crew began the match, with the one path to victory being submission. No submission within the allotted spherical time meant each fighters had been eradicated. The winner stayed on to face a brand new member of the opposition, with this occurring till all fighters from one crew had been eradicated.
Within the opening match it was Staff Saku Japan captain Igor Tanabe who was the hero. He entered because the fifth fighter for his crew, as they confronted a 1-0 deficit to Staff Renzo Gracie – however beautiful submissions of Andre Luiz and Delson Henelo put his crew via to the following and last spherical.
Within the Match 2 of Spherical 1, it was an extremely even matchup with no fighters discovering an elusive submission. On the finish of the match the referee awarded the win to Staff Nogueira Dubai.
Earlier than the evening, followers had been instructed to count on fireworks and Spherical two ( Closing ) actually delivered them.
Staff Nogueira Dubai took the lead when Nikolay Vetrov picked up a submission win over Taisei Sakuraba by heel hook. Up stepped Spherical One star Tanabe for Staff Saku Japan however neither he nor Vetrov may discover a submission and had been each eradicated.
The ever-popular Haisam Rida then levelled the scores with a submission win over Mido Mohamed, and with no additional submissions, it got here all the way down to the 2 final fighters on both sides. Daisuke Nakamura fought gallantly towards Staff Nogueira’s ‘Closing Boss’ Pouya Rahmani however lastly succumbed to submission via elbow dislocation within the last second.
It was a spectacular finish to a historic evening, and a well-liked total victory for the Dubai-based crew. The night additionally noticed super-fight single matches, the place there have been wins for Samuel Ramalho, Ahmad Al Bossairy, and Pablo Aragao.
Regional promoter for QUINTET 5, Tarek Suleiman mentioned: “I’m extremely proud to have been capable of assist deliver QUINTET to the Center East for the primary time, and thank the group and Mr Sakuraba for entrusting us with this occasion. What we’ve seen tonight was the perfect grapplers on the earth placing on a present for the followers and showcasing their expertise to a worldwide viewers. Each combat, from the singles matches to the crew contests, had me on the sting of my seat, and hats off to the fighters who left all of it on the market for the followers – and an enormous congratulations to Staff Nogueira Dubai on a hard-fought, however well-deserved victory.
“All week I’ve mentioned that QUINTET is not only right here visiting, I would like this to change into an enormous a part of the combat calendar in Dubai, the UAE, and the broader Center East. Our plans are formidable, however we need to present the world the expertise we’ve on this area, and QUINTET is the right platform for that. Tonight was unimaginable – however now I’m super-excited to see what the following chapter brings.”
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