Tye Ruotolo

Tye Ruotolo is an American submission grappler and mixed martial artist, born in Maui, Hawaii, and raised in Huntington Beach, California. He has competed with his twin brother Kade since the age of three, and the pair were seen as grappling first child stars, earning an RVCA sponsorship at ten. At the 2019 ADCC World Championship he was the youngest competitor ever and reached the semi-finals as a sixteen-year-old blue belt. After his black belt promotion in December 2021 he became a two division Who is Number One champion, won the 2022 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship and took bronze at the 2022 ADCC World Championship. The article calls him the youngest IBJJF World champion at black belt level and says he is signed to ONE Championship as its Welterweight Submission Grappling World Champion.