"It's like playing with the ocean" - Israel Adesanya comments on Tye and Kade Ruotolo's world-class BJJ

Throughout their decorated careers, ONE Championship megastars Tye and Kade Ruotolo have proven time and time again that they are the very best in the Brazilian jiu-jitsu realm. Even Israel Adesanya believes so.

'The Last Stylebender' spent some time alongside the pair of BJJ black belts during a trip to California's world-renowned Atos Jiu-Jitsu camp.

Apart from sharpening his canvas game under the watchful eyes of Professor Andre Galvao – one of the sport's most successful athletes – the New Zealander had the opportunity to roll and learn from the Brazilian's world-class proteges.

The former two-time UFC middleweight kingpin certainly seemed to have been mesmerized by Tye and Kade Ruotolo's abilities in that department, judging by what he had to say about the ONE submission grappling world champions after their session:

"When I roll with them, it's like playing with the ocean, except it just decides to drown you whenever it wants to. They're really good. They're really good."

"Even one of them said, 'I don't actually remember when I started training.' He started when he was two, maybe. He doesn't remember. He told me he just grew up like that," he added.

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Adesanya's assessment of the Ruotolo twins certainly is nailed down to a tee.

Tye and Kade Ruotolo's unique styles have helped them onto multiple accolades in their BJJ journeys. With electrifying pace, inch-perfect precision, and world-class submission-hunting skills, the 21-year-olds have been a joy to watch every time they compete on the mats.

And they've taken all those strengths to greater heights since putting pen to paper to compete inside the ONE Championship Circle, where success has followed suit.

Kade owns a 6-0 run in the discipline in the promotion. The ONE lightweight submission grappling world champion most recently ventured into the MMA realm where he utilized his bread and butter to bag a first-round submission of Blake Cooper.

Tye, on the other hand, owns a pristine 7-0 resume in the world's largest martial arts organization. In his last outing, the welterweight submission grappling king took home a unanimous decision victory over Jozef Chen in a 186-pound catchweight tilt.

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Kade Ruotolo ramped up for world title defense at ONE 168: Denver

In a little under two months, Kade Ruotolo will don the rashguard once again when he takes to the global stage of ONE Championship alongside one of the most elite grapplers in BJJ today at ONE 168: Denver.

The Costa Rica-based warrior defends his ONE lightweight submission grappling world title against flyweight king Mikey Musumeci, who has a chance to write his name in the history books as the discipline's first two-division titleholder in the promotion.

Weighing in on this massive super fight in The Mile High City, Kade Ruotolo told Demetrious Johnson on MightyCast:

"I'm ready for it. I'm excited."

ONE 168: Denver emanates live from the Ball Arena in U.S. primetime on Friday, September 6. Follow this link to purchase your tickets.