Kade Ruotolo, this jiu-jitsu wizard who simply competed in his first blended martial arts bout, is taking his grappling skills to the Craig Jones Invitational.
Ruotolo confirmed the information on a current version of The MMA Hour that he, alongside together with his brother Tye, can be competing on the new CJI event on Aug. 16 and 17 over the ADCC championships. It is a main transfer within the jiu-jitsu neighborhood, and it wasn’t a name that the Ruotolos made evenly.
“That was a brilliant powerful 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 along 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 plain, $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 can 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 battle 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. Ultimately, Ruotolo needs to go all-in on MMA and see how far it could possibly take him.
Earlier than that, and after successful on the ADCC event, 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 essentially the most prestigious no-gi event since they began,” Ruotolo stated. “I wouldn’t say that they’re in bother, I’d say they need to most likely attempt to hearken to the athletes in a way the place you see plenty of these guys transfer to CJI. One of many foremost [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. For those who’re coming from cash, it’s not too huge 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 sensible to do that.”
