This past April, Kade Ruotolo was pitted against Francisco Lo in a catchweight submission grappling match at ONE Fight Night 21 inside the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.
The highlights of this heated matchup were reposted recently by the promotion on Instagram:
"Things got HEATED 🔥 Look back at Kade Ruotolo's INTENSE submission grappling battle with Francisco Lo before he takes on Mikey Musumeci on September 6 at ONE 168: Denver! 💪 @ruotolobrothersjiujitsu"
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The Atos representative needed less than five minutes to finish Lo with his newly discovered technique, the 'Ruotolo-tine.' It was a combination of a rear-naked choke and an arm triangle.
This unorthodox submission has dropped the jaws of fans, as platform users @christianjlegend, @c0yss88, @ok_nancyy, @hectorsuave_, and @roserushgenetics praised Kade for pulling it off by commending him in the comment section:
"1 error produced terror"
"That is a nasty arm triangle from the back!"
"It was game over the second Kade saw the open back"
"Would this be considered a rear arm triangle?"
"That was filthy 🔥🔥🔥"
Kade Ruotolo was successful in his MMA debut, looks to fend off the challenge of Mikey Musumeci at ONE 168: Denver
Ruotolo is fresh off a first-round submission victory against Blake Cooper in their MMA clash on the ONE 167 card, which took place in front of a sold-out Impact Arena crowd in Bangkok.
Now, he shifted back his focus on the gentle art because he will try to fend off the challenge of reigning ONE flyweight submission grappling world champion Mikey Musumeci, who will move up in weight to challenge him for his ONE lightweight submission grappling gold on September 6 at ONE 168: Denver.
ONE 168: Denver will air live from the Ball Arena in U.S. primetime on September 6. Tickets for the event are now on sale on Ticketmaster.
