Kade Ruotolo, this jiu-jitsu wizard who simply competed in his first combined martial arts bout, is taking his grappling skills to the Craig Jones Invitational.
Ruotolo confirmed the information on a latest version of The MMA Hour that he, alongside along with his brother Tye, shall be competing on the new CJI match on Aug. 16 and 17 over the ADCC championships. It is a main transfer within the jiu-jitsu group, and it wasn’t a name that the Ruotolos made calmly.
“That was an excellent robust resolution for my brother and I,” Ruotolo stated. “We had been getting pulled between ADCC and that new CJI. So we had been actually form of torn in each instructions and made our resolution to go together with CJI.
“There’s a few causes [why we chose to go there], it didn’t slim it down to 1 factor. My brother and I each made the choice collectively. There have been a few issues. First, to not state the apparent, $1 million is $1 million, [that’s] simply a lot cash. ADCC has the accolades and status, however with this new CJI coming into play, plenty of the hefty opponents, plenty of the sick names have left already and gone into this subsequent division.
“The opposite factor is my brother and I can compete in the identical division, however on reverse sides. So I reckon my brother shall be on one aspect of the bracket, I’ll be on the opposite … so if all goes properly, we’ll meet within the finals and have an superior warfare there.”
In his MMA debut at ONE 167 earlier this month, the youngest ADCC champion of all-time submitted Blake Cooper within the first spherical. Finally, Ruotolo desires to go all-in on MMA and see how far it could take him.
Earlier than that, and after successful on the ADCC match, Ruotolo hopes to place cash within the financial institution — which he has the prospect to get a heck of much more of with the CJI.
“ADCC is probably the most prestigious no-gi match since they began,” Ruotolo stated. “I wouldn’t say that they’re in bother, I’d say they need to in all probability attempt to hearken to the athletes in a way the place you see plenty of these guys transfer to CJI. One of many primary [and] apparent causes is you bought to ADCC, you get the gold medal, you undergo all of the wars, and it’s solely $10,000 for the winner.
“I feel it’s $10,001 for the CJI, after which clearly $1 million to win. When you’re coming from cash, it’s not too massive a deal, you need that status, you need that title, however the majority of us aren’t coming from cash. We’re all making an attempt to be first technology millionaires. … From a monetary standpoint, it actually is smart to do that.”
