Kade and Tye Ruotolo every hit the identical submission – the Ruotolotine – at ONE Battle Evening 21 on April 5.
Twin brothers Kade and Tye Ruotolo every competed at ONE Battle Evening 21 on April 5, every choosing up spectacular victories over top-flight competitors.
Notably, every brother gained with the identical distinctive submission – the arm-in choke from the again, or what Kade dubbed the “Ruotolotine.”
First, Kade Ruotolo squared off with IBJJF No-Gi Pans champion Francisco Lo in a 180-pound non-title submission grappling match slated for 10 minutes.
After spending the bout’s opening jiffy inside Lo’s closed guard, the American was capable of safe his opponent’s again in a scramble earlier than rapidly sinking within the Ruotolotine to earn the end at 4:48 into the competition.
With the victory, Ruotolo – who’s the group’s reigning light-weight submission grappling titleholder – improves his ONE document to 6-0.
The 21-year-old black belt is slated high return to motion on June 7 at ONE 167 when he’ll make his long-awaited MMA debut in opposition to Hawaii’s Blake Cooper.
Just a few fights after Ruotolo’s victory over Lo, Tye Ruotolo entered the identical ring to defend his ONE welterweight submission grappling world title in opposition to Australian standout Izaak Michell.
The pair spent the primary jiffy engaged in a heated wrestling battle, with Michell seemingly getting the higher of the stand-up exchanges.
About 4 minutes into the match, although, Ruotolo was capable of reverse standing again management on to the mounted place. From there, the younger Californian didn’t take his foot off the gasoline pedal and wasted no time in securing the again the place he utilized the Ruotolotine.
The end got here at 4:43, simply 5 seconds quicker than Kade wanted to faucet Lo.
After the mud had settled, the Ruotolo brothers spoke concerning the modern submission.
“After I bought that submission in opposition to Francisco Lo, I advised Tye within the again locker room that I wouldn’t be stunned if he gained through the identical submission,” mentioned Kade. “He’s actually good at it. He’s the one which taught me the submission and I simply put it on the market, I wasn’t 100% positive if it could occur, however he ended up doing it so it sort of blew my thoughts as effectively.”
This wasn’t Tye’s first time hitting the Ruotolotine in competitors. Within the absolute division of the 2022 ADCC World Championships, he submitted high mild heavyweight competitor Pedro Marinho with the approach after an exciting, back-and-forth battle.
