Elite grappler Tye Ruotolo will take on Reinier de Ridder at ONE Fight Night 10. Tye Ruotolo is getting his wish. In December, moments after Ruotolo submitted Marat Gafurov to earn his second victory in ONE Championship’s submission grappling division, he called for a grappling match against ONE’s middleweight MMA
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ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong says the organization is planning a match between Tye Ruotolo and Nicholas Meregali. ONE Championship is currently putting together what would be one of the biggest submission grappling matches of 2023. According to promotion’s CEO Chatri Sityodtong, a matchup between Nicholas Meregali and Tye Ruotolo
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Twin brothers Tye and Kade Ruotolo recap Kade’s world title-winning performance against Uali Kurzhev in ONE Championship. Undefeated since receiving his black belt in late 2021, Kade Ruotolo is arguably the world’s top pound-for-pound grappler. In October 2022, Ruotolo defeated multiple-time Sambo world champion Uali Kurzhev to capture the inaugural
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Two of submission grappling’s top competitors made their promotional debuts at ONE Championship: ONE X. Four-time ADCC superfight champion Andre Galvao returned to competition for the first time since 2019 to take on Reinier De Ridder — the current ONE Championship middleweight and light heavyweight champion with a perfect professional
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Tye Ruotolo will meet MMA contender Dagi Arslanaliev in a submission grappling match at ONE Fight Night 13. Tye Ruotolo is set to return to action this Friday at ONE Fight Night 13 when he takes on respected MMA veteran Dagi Arslanaliev in a 180-pound submission grappling match. The promotion
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ONE Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong is building something special, and he desperately wants the world to know. “We are the most watched combat sports organization on the planet,” Sityodtong told Grappling Insider. Armed with the findings of a recently released Nielsen report, Sityodtong simply loves to talk about the growth
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Now less than a year away from the 2022 ADCC Championships, the first official qualifying event is set to take place. The ADCC European, Middle East and African Trials (“European Trials”) take place on Saturday, September 18. As one of the few qualifying events for the prestigious ADCC Championships, it
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