Before ADCC, the crazy skills of the 16-year-old Ruotolo twins were a bit of an open secret in competitive jiu-jitsu. Kade and Tye have been training BJJ since they were just 3 and a half years old, and their decade-and-then-some of experience in the martial art has already developed them into world-class athletes out of Atos.
Tye proved his own skill level in grappling when he made it all the way to the semifinals at ADCC this year, and he’ll be testing his abilities again this weekend when he faces Vagner Rocha at Fight 2 Win 131. Then, two weeks later, both Tye and his brother Kade will be facing another challenge when they both compete at GrappleFest 7.
The Ruotolo twins will be among other big names on the card, including headliners Craig Jones and Adam Wardzinski, Dante Leon, Marcio Andre, and Jason Rau. Tye will be going up against Fight Sports’ Tom Halpin, while Kade will be facing Absolute MMA’s up-and-coming star Jeremy Skinner. Halpin and Skinner will be formidable opponents for the twins, and you can be sure that their matches will keep the action going on the impressive GrappleFest card.
The promotion has added more matches to the card since our last post on the event. Make sure you’re watching when GrappleFest 7 streams live on FloGrappling on November 23, and view the updated card below:
Craig Jones (Absolute MMA/Renzo Gracie) v Adam Wardzinski (Checkmat) u100kgs belt
Dante Leon (GF Team) v Marcio Andre (MAJJ) u80kgs
Tye Ruotolo (Atos) v Tom Halpin (Fight Sports) u73kgs
Kade Ruotolo (Atos) v Jeremy Skinner (Absolute MMA) u70kgs
Jason Rau (Renzo Gracie) v Bradley Hill (Fightzone) u85kgs
Lloyd Cooper (Goole BJJ) v Marcos Nardini (Checkmat) u80kgs
Andy Clamp (Blackledge MMA) v Tom Breese (Renegade) u100kgs
Kylie Baker (Bakersfield BJJ) over 65kgs v TBC
Lukasz Baranowski (Factory) v Jack Cronin (ZR) u80kgs
Ellis Younger (ECJJ) v Jed Hue (Gym box) u80kgs
Neil Atkins (Sukata) v Leigh Remedios (CFS) u70kgs
Harry McKnight (Next Gen) v Ryan McCartney (Renzo Gracie) u75kgs
James Walters (Absolute MMA) v Ben Hills (Next Gen) u90kgs
Jordan Cooper (ECJJ) v Jack Sear (10thP) u70kgs
Adam Jones (M16) v Ste Henshall (Aspinall BJJ) u95kgs
Danny Hughes (Game Fight BJJ) v Ciaran Brohan (T45JJ) u70kgs
Radek Romanek (LMBJJ) v James Duckett (SBG) u85kgs
Emil Malczewski (Stealth)v Ollie Bates (Goole BJJ) u70kgs
Simon Price (ASW) v David Graham (SBG) u100kgs
James Lewis (Blackledge MMA) v Josh Roberts (Sukata) u85kgs
Mick Stanton (ASW) v Andy Walsh (Game Fight BJJ) u100kgs
John Moffatt (MMA Academy) v Kaya Rudolph (Absolute MMA) u80kgs
Shane Curtis (Notts MMA) v Jaye Paul (Odessy BJJ) u80kgs
Ste Bowie (Combat Base) v Rodrigo Silva (Sukata) u70kgs
Andrew Hardwick (Sukata) v Callum Rawson (Combat Base) u85kgs
Aaron Pierre (Stealth) v Aidan Pinder (Redcar BJJ) u80kgs
Lee Herbert (Stealth) v Jamie Hay (Rio Grappling Club) u70kgs
Jack Rimmer (Next Gen) v Darren Adams (Sukata) u36kgs
