{"id":1164,"date":"2023-05-18T12:56:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T11:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=1164"},"modified":"2023-05-19T13:09:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T12:09:05","slug":"kade-ruotolo-admits-to-falling-in-love-with-striking-amid-impending-move-to-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/kade-ruotolo-admits-to-falling-in-love-with-striking-amid-impending-move-to-mma\/","title":{"rendered":"Kade Ruotolo admits to \u201cfalling in love\u201d with striking amid impending move to MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ONE lightweight submission grappling world champion Kade Ruotolo is a true disciple of the grappling arts but admits that striking has recently caught his fancy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Along with his twin brother Tye Ruotolo, the 20-year-old Kade entered ONE Championship last year with the intent to compete in submission grappling and eventually mixed martial arts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">That transition will be coming sooner rather than later for Kade, who intends to make his MMA debut before the year ends,\u00a0as revealed by Tye.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a recent interview with ONE Championship, the Atos standout stated that apart from jiu-jitsu, he has been training Muay Thai from a young age:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSo we&#8217;ve been training a bit more, mixing it up. You know, growing up, my brother and I always kind of dabbled around striking and Muay Thai things like that, but I didn&#8217;t really start taking it as seriously until, you know, the last year or so. And now I&#8217;m falling in love with it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the Ruotolos are both keen on taking every challenger they have in submission grappling, they also want to broaden their horizons and test themselves in another sport.<\/p>\n<p>Truth be told, the siblings\u2019 hands are looking good in some of the clips they shared online, as they were seen effortlessly punishing the pads with some crisp combinations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"instagram\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CpTb-_xJpDp\/embed\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportskeeda.com&amp;rp=%2Fmma%2Fnews-kade-ruotolo-admits-falling-love-striking-amid-impending-move-mma%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3_vR5Cf9WKB49iHD-nEy4dvCq4rLX8rm8bA1eqXptfxJwwDw6yv19Mj9k#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A4161.899999976158%7D\" height=\"881\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the meantime, Kade Ruotolo has some business to attend to first in his division this coming June 9.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He\u2019ll be defending his 26 pounds of gold at ONE Fight Night 11 against formidable challenger Tommy Langaker.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These two have engaged in some\u00a0heated back-and-forth, which should make their all-grappling war a definite must-watch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ONE Fight Night 11: Eersel vs. Menshikov on Prime Video will emanate from the Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok and stream live and free for Amazon Prime Video users in North America.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_56587\"  width=\"696\" height=\"391\"  data-origwidth=\"696\" data-origheight=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TRA05X0ZgEY?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/mma\/news-kade-ruotolo-admits-falling-love-striking-amid-impending-move-mma?fbclid=IwAR3_vR5Cf9WKB49iHD-nEy4dvCq4rLX8rm8bA1eqXptfxJwwDw6yv19Mj9k\">Kade Ruotolo admits to \u201cfalling in love\u201d with striking amid impending move to MMA (sportskeeda.com)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ONE lightweight submission grappling world champion Kade Ruotolo is a true disciple of the grappling arts but admits that striking has recently caught his fancy. Along with his twin brother Tye Ruotolo, the 20-year-old Kade entered ONE Championship last year with the intent to compete in submission grappling and eventually mixed martial arts. 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