Metamoris 5 complete results:

Garry Tonon Def. Zak Maxwell Submission (Heel Hook)

Vinny Magalhaes Draw Matheus Diniz 20:00

Yuri Simoes Draw Keenan Cornelius 20:00

Jake Shields Draw Roberto Satoshi 20:00

Rory MacDonald Draw J.T. Torres 20:00

Renzo Gracie Draw Kazushi Sakuraba 20:00

The much awaited grappling rematch between Kazushi Sakuraba and Renzo Gracie ended in a draw with the latter spending the last 7 minutes trying to submit the Japanese.

Gracie told Sherdog.com about how he felt about his performance, getting back in shape and about how many people wanted him to break Sakuraba’s arm:

“I was very glad with the result. Even though I couldn’t finish him, I was extremely glad that I didn’t feel tired, not even for a second,”  “I could have done 20 more minutes. That alone builds my confidence to get back in the game.”

“I had a short time to be ready for this,” Gracie said. “I was involved with a lot of things that I couldn’t let go, but when I got the call, I stopped everything. I stopped my life to concentrate. It was three months of hard training. I was able to put up a lot of hours of hard work.”

“I was surprised with the amount of people who sent me a message telling me to break his arm, like we mean to do that when we are fighting. We expect the opponent to be honorable enough to not tap and allow me the honor to break his arm, but if he taps, we let go. It’s a gentleman’s sport. In reality, I have no animosity towards him, no hate towards him,” Gracie said. “People ask if I hate my opponents; I don’t. I love them. They are the ones that actually make me bring the best I have, make me feel young again, make me push to belong to this game. Sakuraba is a hero to me. If they send me his shirt, I’ll wear it.”

“Normally, when I’m in those positions that I was in, I finish everybody, but I felt him being extremely strong, like his ability to prevent my finishing holds. The last seven minutes I was on top, going for the finishes, he was able to hold and not let me close any tight submission,” Gracie explained. “That was very surprising. This is the first time I have ever had the chance to roll with him. The last time we met, we fought. We were hitting each other. I saw the danger of him going for foot locks, leg locks. I was glad that my performance in the sense of dominating him, but I’m going to train harder to be better for the next time I compete.”

Sakuraba also told Sherdog in an interview that he was fustrated by his performance:

“I am upset with my performance because I couldn’t do what I wanted to do,” Sakuraba told Sherdog.com through a translator. “But I’m going to implement what I wasn’t able to tonight and look to improve in the future.”

“Renzo was stronger than I thought physically,” Sakuraba said.

“I knew it was going to be strictly grappling, so I tried to pace myself, but I couldn’t get in any rhythm to submit Renzo,” Sakuraba said.