TEAM UFC are the QUINTET ULTRA champions!!

Top fighters grappled it out at the QUINTET ULTRA event held on December 12th at the Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas, with Team UFC winning the competition.

TEAM UFC and Sakuraba
QUINTET ULTRA

TEAM UFC won as the champions at the QUINTET ULTRA event held on Thursday, December 12th, at the Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas. TEAM UFC and TEAM STRIKEFORCE won the first round of the tournament. Since all bouts in the finals were brought to a draw and the number of penalties was the same, TEAM UFC triumphed with the referee's decision on the last match.

Kazushi Sakuraba appeared as the last player and grappled it out with Bout Gilbert Burns, and brought it into a full-time draw. "I was so surprised. I can't believe he is 50! I shouldn't have taken things so easily." said his opponent Burns after the match.

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Takanori Gomi appears first though is defeated by Sean O’Malley with a guillotine choke
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Gregor Gracie appears third and wins with an armlock
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Kazushi Sakuraba and Bout Gilbert Burns both do no give an inch
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Sakuraba says the QUINTET's eight-minute stanza is tough, but he endures the match and is turns it into a draw
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Bout Gilbert Burns is surprised with 50-year-old Kazushi Sakuraba's underlying strength
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TEAM STRIKEFORCE's Jake Shields contributed to making the finals by defeating two opponents in a row.
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All matches in the finals were called a draw. Even Gilbert Melendez couldn't gain a point
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JZ, a favorite among the Japanese fans, was called a draw too
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TEAM STRIKEFORCE's Jake Shields contributed to making the finals by defeating two opponents in a row
Final
TEAM UFC wins the finals!
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Craig Jones defeats his opponent by ippon in a single match
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Danielle Kelly instantly defeats Cynthia Calvillo
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Gordon Ryan shows his solid strength with a kneebar
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Final

QUINTET ULTRA RESULT

<Tournament 1st Round>

☆ 1st Match ☆
TEAM UFC × TEAM PRIDE

1st Bout ○ Sean O'Malley (2:47 Guillotine) Takanori Gomi ×

2nd Bout x Sean O'Malley (0:46 Ankle Rock) Hector Lombard

3rd Bout Rumble Johnson (Full Time Draw) Hector Lombard

4th Bout x Clay Guida (2:35 Arm Bar) Gregor Gracie ○

5th Bout Anthony Smith (Full Time Draw) Gregor Gracie

6th Bout Gilbert Burns (Full Time Draw) Kazushi Sakuraba

* Referee Judge TEAM UFC WINS

☆ 2nd Match ☆ TEAM WEC × TEAM STRIKEFORCE

1st Bout Chad Mendes (Full Time Draw) JZ Cavalcante

2nd Bout x Mark Munoz (4:48 Arm Traiangle) Jake Shields ○

3rd Bout × Cub Swanson (5:18 Injury) Jake Shields ○

4th Bout Glover Teixeira (Full Time Draw) Jake Shields

5th Bout ○ James Krause (0:45 Guillotine) King Mo ×

6th Bout James Krause (Full Time Draw) Gilbert Melendez

* TEAM STRIKEFORCE WINS
<Tournament Final>

TEAM UFC × TEAM STRIKEFORCE

1st Bout Clay Guida (Full Time Draw) Babalu Sobral

2nd Bout Rumble Johnson (Full Time Draw) King Mo

3rd Bout Sean O'Malley (Full Time Draw) Gilbert Melendez

4th Bout Anthony Smith (Full Time Draw) JZ Cavalcante

5th Bout Gilbert Burns (Full Time Draw) Jake Shields

* Referee Judge TEAM UFC WINS
<Prelim Superfight>

○ Craig Jones (2:13 Rear Naked Choke) Fredson Paixao ×

<Women's Superfight>

○ Danielle Kelly (0:17 Ankle Rock) Cynthia Calvillo ×

<Men'S Superfight>

○ Gordon Ryan (1:07 Knee Bar) Aleksei Olelnik ×