Kade Ruotolo is the reigning ONE lightweight submission grappling world champion.
He’ll be defending his title on June 9, against Tommy Langaker – and he’s confident in his victory.
He does have respect for Langaker’s Jiu-Jitsu though, as he emphasized in a ONE Championship interview:
Tommy is an amazing opponent. He’s very strong and flexible, which are two things that are difficult to deal with when put together.
He looked great in his match against Renato Canuto, who’s a very high-level competitor.
He has some big wins under his belt. He’s going to be a tough person to take out.But I think if anyone can do it, it’s going to be me.
So, even though he respects his opponent, Kade is more than certain that he’ll take the win:
I definitely respect his skills as an athlete, and I know he’s dangerous, but I don’t think there’s any way in this world that he submits me or puts me away.
I think I’m going to be able to get the submission or put on a dominant performance for sure.
And yes – his goal from the very first second will be to submit Langaker:
I just want to submit him really bad.
From the second I step foot in there, I’m going to be very, very physical until I get that submission.
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