We preview Kade Ruotolo vs. Matheus Gabriel and Tye Ruotolo vs. Marat Gafurov, both scheduled for Friday, December 2 at ONE on Prime Video 5. The Ruotolo brothers are back in action this weekend in a pair of submission grappling contests in ONE Championship. View this post on Instagram A
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2022 ADCC champion Kade Ruotolo faced 4x world Sambo champion Uali Kurzhev for the inaugural ONE Lightweight Submission Grappling world title. Both men wasted no time after the opening bell sounded inside the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Ruotolo’s bout with Kurzhev was the first of three title fights
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Uali Kurzhev didn’t get the memo that Kade Ruotolo is one of the world’s top pound-for-pound submission grapplers. On Friday at ONE on Prime Video 3, Kurzhev will take on Ruotolo for the inaugural ONE lightweight submission grappling world title. And although Kurzhev is ultra-accomplished in the world of Sambo
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Kade Ruotolo recently spoke about his upcoming match at ONE on Prime Video 3, his ADCC run, leg lock defense, steroids in jiu-jitsu, and more. Undefeated as a black belt and fresh off a gold medal performance at his first-ever ADCC World Championships, Kade Ruotolo is enjoying one of the
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The 2022 ADCC World Championships took place on September 17-18, live from Las Vegas, NV. Today we look back at the breakout stars from the event. Last weekend’s ADCC World Championships produced some wild upsets, break out stars and just about everything in between. The festivities were a brutal yet
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The 2022 ADCC World Championships take place on September 17-18, live from Las Vegas, NV. Ahead of the big tournament, Grappling Insider will be previewing each division. Read a preview of the 66 kg. division here. The 77 kg. division is the near-consensus pick to be the most entertaining bracket
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Kade Ruotolo did just about everything but get the submission in his ONE Championship debut. Ruotolo dominated MMA veteran Shinya Aoki over the course of their 10-minute submission grappling match to earn a clear-cut decision win. Ruotolo’s twin brother Tye also competed at ONE 157, defeating Garry Tonon by submission.
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Twin brothers Kade and Tye Ruotolo can make an argument for being the top two pound-for-pound submission grapplers on the planet. On May 20, the Ruotolo brothers will make their ONE Championship debuts in a pair of highly-anticipated submission-only grappling matches. Although the Ruotolos received their black belts from fellow
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Twin brothers Kade and Tye Ruotolo are set to make their ONE Championship submission grappling debut. On Friday, May 20 at a ONE Championship event, Kade Ruotolo will square off with MMA grappling legend Shinya Aoki, and Tye Ruotolo will face ADCC medalist and ONE Championship MMA fighter Garry Tonon.
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Make no mistake, twin brothers Tye and Kade Ruotolo do not support close-outs. So when the two were slated to face each other in the finals of the adult brown belt division at the 2022 IBJJF Worlds, they stayed true to their word and competed against each other in a
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