Tye Ruotolo was born on January 22,2003 and is an American submission grappler.
23 Facts About Tye Ruotolo
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Tye Ruotolo is currently signed to ONE Championship, where he is the Welterweight Submission Grappling World Champion.
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In 2019, Tye Ruotolo who was a 16-year-old blue belt, participated in the 2019 ADCC World Championship in the Lightweight division making him the youngest competitor in history at the time.
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Tye Ruotolo defeated Bruno Frazatto and Pablo Mantovani before losing to Kennedy Maciel in the semi-final.
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Tye Ruotolo faced Paulo Miyao in the Bronze medal match and lost on points.
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Tye Ruotolo caught Miyao in a kneebar but refused to tap which has resulted in Miyao's knee suffering long term damage.
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In September 2021, Tye Ruotolo became WNO 185 lb champion by defeating Johnny Tama, Dante Leon and Micael Galvao.
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In January 2022, Tye Ruotolo became a two division WNO champion after winning the WNO 170 lb championship by submitting Levi Jones by kneebar.
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Tye Ruotolo obtained a bronze medal after Cyborg Abreu medically forfeited the bronze medal match.
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Tye Ruotolo competed in the IBJJF World Championship 2023 on June 3 and 4,2023 and won a bronze medal in the middleweight division.
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Tye Ruotolo submitted Jason Nolf in the opening round and lost in the quarter-final to Levi Jones-Leary by referee decision.
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On May 20,2022, Tye Ruotolo faced Garry Tonon at ONE 157 for his submission grappling debut in the promotion.
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Tye Ruotolo submitted Tonon by D'Arce choke in 97 seconds.
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On December 23,2022, Tye Ruotolo faced former ONE Featherweight World Champion, Marat Gafurov in a submission grappling catchweight bout of 180lbs at ONE on Prime Video 5.
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Tye Ruotolo was scheduled to face Reinier de Ridder on May 5,2023, at ONE Fight Night 10.
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Tye Ruotolo competed against Dagi Arslanaliev at ONE Fight Night 13 on August 5,2023.
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Tye Ruotolo won the match by rear-naked choke submission and was awarded a Performance of the Night bonus award.
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Tye Ruotolo competed against Magomed Abdulkadirov for the inaugural ONE Championship welterweight submission grappling title at ONE Fight Night 16 on November 3,2023.
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Tye Ruotolo won the match by decision, winning the title and earning a $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus.
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Tye Ruotolo was to make his first welterweight title-defense against Izaak Michell at ONE 166 on March 1,2024.
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Tye Ruotolo won the match by submission with an arm-in rear-naked choke.
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Tye Ruotolo competed in a catchweight match against Jozef Chen at ONE Fight Night 23 on July 6,2024.
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The contract that Tye Ruotolo signed to compete in grappling matches for ONE Championship included provisions for MMA fights as well.