The ONE Championship submission grappling lightweight titleholder’s professional mixed martial arts debut at ONE 167 highlights his busy summer schedule.
submission grappling lightweight titleholder looks primed for one of the most experimental seasons of his career, but he welcomes all challenges with a smile.this Friday at Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand. Ruotolo has been a force on the mats since he was 3—he has claimed multiple world championships in jiu-jitsu—but he has always had his eye on a different rule set.“MMA is something that I’ve always loved since I was a child,” he told Sherdog.com.
“I love fighting,” he said. “That’s one thing a lot of people aren’t fully understanding about my brother and me. We grew up bareknuckle fighting pretty much every single day. Jiu-jitsu will always be in my heart, but there are times when I’m on top, and I’m just like, ‘Dude, I have so much more fight to give than what the rules set of jiu-jitsu allows.’”
However, Cooper is just one opponent on Ruotolo’s busy schedule. Following ONE 167, Ruotolo will immediately turn his attention to the Abu Dhabi Combat Club Submission Fighting World Championships in Las Vegas in August. There, he faces a field of 16 of the best 77-kilogram grapplers on the planet. Ruotolo became the youngest competitor ever to win the prestigious ADCC event when he did so at 19, not a year after receiving his black belt in jiu-jitsu.
Ruotolo’s open mind prompted him to accept a submission grappling match just three weeks following ADCC with ONE Championship submission grappling flyweight titleholderat ONE 168 in September. Musumeci is one of the world’s most prominent submission grappling stars but will be moving up 30 pounds to face Ruotolo for his lightweight belt. While Ruotolo recognizes the magnitude of his star-studded showdown with Musumeci, he does not see a way the flyweight champ can dethrone him.
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