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I followed their evolution closely - Buchecha describes witnessing the rise of Kade and Tye Ruotolo

Marcus 'Buchecha' Almeida (left) and Tye and Kade Ruotolo (right) [Photo Credit: ONE Championship] 17-time Brazilian jiu-jitsu world champion is one of the best BJJ practitioners in the world. With 138 career victories, 'Buchecha' has not only established himself as one of the best, but he has also bore witness to the next generation of submission grappling stars. That includes twin submission sensations Tye and . Before the latter of the two steps into the circle at ONE on Prime Video 3 this Friday, ‘Buchecha’ sat down with ONE Championship to discuss the brothers. He revealed that he has watched them grow up in the world of Brazilian jiu-jitsu: “I've known the Ruotolo brothers since they were very young, still a green belt, yellow belt… I even attended their first seminar when they were still children. So, I've known them both for a long time. I followed their evolution closely.” ‘Buchecha’ continued speaking about the Ruotolo brothers, saying: “I always exchanged a lot of ideas with them. But the first opportunity we had to train was now. There was a press conference in Los Angeles and everyone met at RVCA. I've always had a friendship with them, but I only had the opportunity to train with them once.”

Kade Ruotolo excited to make history at ONE on Prime Video 3

Fresh off of becoming the youngest ADCC world champion of all time, Kade Ruotolo is ready to make history once again in his second ONE Championship appearance. With a win over Japanese MMA legend Shinya Aoki on his debut, Ruotolo will face sambo world champion Uali Kurzhev to crown the inaugural ONE lightweight submission grappling world championship. Ruotolo shared his excitement for the opportunity on Instagram, saying: “Excited to be competing for the Lightweight Submission Grappling World Championship @onechampionship @primevideo #oneonprimevideo3.” Last month, ONE Championship crowned its first-ever submission grappling champion as ‘Darth Rigatoni’ delivered a dominant performance over rival Cleber Sousa. In doing so, he captured the world title in the flyweight division. Asked about a potential grappling bout between him and whoever wins the lightweight crown, Musumeci said that it’s possible, but don’t count on seeing the two roll together for quite some time.“Maybe in the future, like one day I’ll want to go up weight classes,” said Musumeci. “I don’t know. But right now I just want to focus on my own division.” Poll : 0 votes Quick Links More from Sportskeeda Thank You! Show More Comments No thanks Delete Cancel Update Reply ❮ ❯ No thanks Delete Cancel Update Reply ❮ ❯ Be the first one to comment on this story More from Sportskeeda Fetching more content... 1 Logout No Results Found