“It felt like I was rolling with my children” - Demetrious Johnson shares his experience training with the Ruotolo Brothers

MMA GOAT Demetrious Johnson is greatly impressed with how Kade and Tye Ruotolo mastered their grappling skills, but at the same time, he feels rejuvenated after rolling with the two young bloods.

Johnson discovered first hand that they do live up to all the talks and hype surrounding them, where their skills indeed set them apart from other high-level competitors in the game.

Nonetheless, he feels like he's training with his children due to their difference in age.

'Mighty Mouse' revealed his newfound testimony in a recent interview with JAXXON Podcast, where he talked about the 21-year-olds in length.

He said:

"It felt like I was rolling with my children because they’re 21 and they look just like Tyron and Maverick. They’re just f***ing phenomenal."

He added:

"The only tournament they haven’t won yet is Adult Worlds, which is the biggest one for 18 to 30-year-olds at the black belt level. They’re just at a different level, man. Tye is getting ready for the competition for the Worlds."

With their young age, it is certain that we will see more of the twins in the future.

Check the full interview below:

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Kade Ruotolo shares how the dream match with Mikey Musumeci came to fruition

ONE lightweight submission grappling king Kade Ruotolo is heading into one of the toughest challenges in his career at ONE 168: Denver on September 6.

He will lock horns with fellow ONE superstar Mikey Musumeci, who is coming up to his division to get his coveted golden belt. But before that epic match, Kade shared how this grappling tussle came to fruition with The MMA Hour.

Never have we seen Kade Ruotolo turn down any challenges from any high-profile competitors in ONE, and he didn't do that, too, with Musumeci. In fact, it came after the two cleared their division and looking for tougher challenges.

Kade told Ariel Helwani:

"It was just that it was the match a lot of the fans really wanted to see, so if that's what they wanna see, I'm gonna give it to them."

Tickets for ONE 168: Denver are available via Ticketmaster.