ADCC and CJI champion Kade Ruotolo improved to 2-0 in MMA with a powerful victory at ONE 169.
Kade Ruotolo couldn’t have requested for a greater efficiency in his second skilled MMA battle.
On Friday, November 8, at ONE 169, the embellished BJJ competitor wanted simply over one minute to submit Pakistani veteran Ahmed Mujtaba together with his trademark d’arce choke.
Ruotolo displayed an informed placing recreation, dropping his far more skilled opponent with a flush proper overhand early within the contest. From there, he poured on floor strikes earlier than leaping onto a fight-ending d’arce choke. The end got here formally at 1:04 into the primary spherical.
The victory netted Ruotolo a $50,000 efficiency bonus.
Notably, the win got here towards an skilled professional MMA competitor. Mujtaba boasts a 10-4 profession slate and has been competing in ONE Championship’s MMA division for years.
After the battle, he admitted that, whereas he plans to stay atop the BJJ world, his coronary heart and fervour presently lie with MMA.
Recent off successful the $1 million prize on the inaugural Craig Jones Invitational in August, the 21-year-old black belt is one among grappling prime pound-for-pound athletes and has now established himself as maybe MMA’s most promising rising star.
Now coaching below MMA legend Erik Paulson along with his common BJJ work at Atos, Ruotolo made his MMA debut earlier this yr at ONE 167 when he scored a first-round rear-naked choke win over Blake Cooper.
Earlier than dipping his toes into MMA, Ruotolo turned ONE’s inaugural light-weight submission grappling world champion – a title he has efficiently defended 3 times with victories over IBJJF gi world champion Matheus Gabriel and IBJJF no-gi world champion Tommy Langaker. Along with his CJI and ONE titles, he’s additionally the youngest-ever ADCC world champion and a former Who’s Quantity One Champion.
Try video of Ruotolo’s end of Mujtaba under.
Kade Ruotolo vs. Ahmed Mujtaba passed off on November 8, 2024, at ONE 169, on the Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
