Dubai, October 25, 2025: Native heroes Group Nogueira Dubai received the QUINTET 5 group 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 group standing tall.
The 4 outfits competing within the distinctive group survival format had been coached by 4 fight sport legends in Kazushi Sakuraba (Group Saku), Renzo Gracie (Group Gracie), Bob Sapp (Group Bangtao), and Antonia Rodrigo Nogueira (Group Nogueira Dubai).
The five-man groups competed in a bracket format with Group Saku Japan taking over Group Renzo Gracie, and Group Bangtao Thailand going through Group Nogueira Dubai in Spherical One.
One fighter from every group 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 group had been eradicated.
Within the opening match it was Group Saku Japan captain Igor Tanabe who was the hero. He entered because the fifth fighter for his group, as they confronted a 1-0 deficit to Group Renzo Gracie – however beautiful submissions of Andre Luiz and Delson Henelo put his group via to the subsequent and ultimate 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 Group Nogueira Dubai.
Earlier than the evening, followers had been instructed to anticipate fireworks and Spherical two ( Last ) definitely delivered them.
Group 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 Group 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 either side. Daisuke Nakamura fought gallantly in opposition to Group Nogueira’s ‘Last Boss’ Pouya Rahmani however lastly succumbed to submission via elbow dislocation within the ultimate second.
It was a spectacular finish to a historic evening, and a well-liked general victory for the Dubai-based group. 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 stated: “I’m extremely proud to have been capable of assist carry 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 got seen tonight was the easiest grapplers on this planet placing on a present for the followers and showcasing their expertise to a world viewers. Each struggle, from the singles matches to the group 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 a large congratulations to Group Nogueira Dubai on a hard-fought, however well-deserved victory.
“All week I’ve stated that QUINTET is not only right here visiting, I need this to develop into an enormous a part of the struggle 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 got on this area, and QUINTET is the right platform for that. Tonight was unimaginable – however now I’m super-excited to see what the subsequent chapter brings.”