Kade Ruotolo vs Lachlan Giles | 2022 ADCC World Championships

Kade Ruotolo and Lachlan Giles meet in the opening round of the 77kg division of the 2022 ADCC World Championship!
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[@talge710]

Great match. Fantastic to see Lachlan's guard retention system in action. Before he got caught it looked like it was working very well. Gave him multiple opportunities to enter the legs

[@fernandomafaldafreire]

My favorite head kick K.O. in No Gi JJ🤣🤣

[@nauthiz1001]

My favorite headkick k.o this ADCC !

[@aircombatmaneuvers]

Yes from martial bjj point of view this was all nonsense and bad habits. Well... when a martial art becomes sport. It happened to judo and now to newaza.

[@PUREGRAPP]

The jump back arm bar finish is beyond world class, it is exceptional.

[@torangclayruz4098]

Simple and fast execution. His finishing insting is in different level.

[@johnbetter919]

Armbar, no world class, Giles was not expecting, so it looks great.

[@nathanbedfordforrest9546]

Who cares.

[@marlonmendez5176]

That inverted guard was amazing. Brilliant armbar finish. Great match! Thank you!

[@lukerodriguez7908]

Jiu Jitsu turned in to a game more then an efficient martial art. Imagine a guy on the floor spinning his ass 360 degrees in a real fight. He would be kicked like a soccer ball..

[@adambygodcotterman6983]

​@lukerodriguez7908 and then the guy kicking will get heel hooked lol. It's a literal sport now, of course people are going to play it like a sport. The guard just happens to be the most played thing in this sport.

[@lukerodriguez7908]

@@adambygodcotterman6983 yeah probably lol i live in Rio bro, we literally breathe Jiu Jitsu here since the 50's. And i grew up watching a trully efficient martial art turn in to a guy spinning his ass 360 degrees, like a dog on the floor. Try to do this in a street fight, but before, tell your family to notify me where the funeral is gonna be. I will send a wreath.

[@lukeciliberto3687]

@@lukerodriguez7908 can you imagine sitting down and spinning in a street fight. I can’t. Obviously nobody’s crazily inverting into the legs during a street fight or something. Jiu jitsu has always been a gentleman agreement

[@helioteran756]

@@lukerodriguez7908 yes but somehow they would still manage to wrap you up like a pretzel and destroy all of your joints in under 15 seconds. Don’t make the mistake of thinking it’s just a game. The amount of training they do still makes them more agile and aggressive than most wrestlers and boxers.

[@tag3086]

That guard retention was 👌👌

[@huskylord123]

Wow, what a great match....full respect to both competitors.

[@edbeneville3897]

Kinda looks like Lachan took a heel to the face to soften him up for the armbar.

[@NachoSuperwelter]

Whaaa tremendous, good work! I was rooting for Giles 100% but this was incredible. Wow moment.

[@siidi]

Kade Ruotolo is so fast. His stabby style makes it hard to tell when he's gonna dive for the sub 100%

[@HOmar-nw2zr]

"f*ck it, just go for an arm bar" -John Danaher

[@james.randorff]

Well played! 😂😂😂

[@eddielozano689]

When did Danaher say that??!! lol

[@JeepnJ89]

That was beautiful. Beasts both of you

[@RobertoSilva-vy5le]

Moleque é gênio msm tenho certeza que muitos grapplings renomados com alto Q.I de luta que tivessem assistindo, jamais imaginariam um armlock vindo dali, jiu-jítsu invisível.

[@leo0299]

Esse moleque é um cagão.....mesma coisa que aconteceu com mica, 1 minuto mudou tudo....o cara é sensacional no chão......esse KADE é muito MARRENTO, por isso mica é um bosta por perder pra ele a final do ADCC.....Meregalli já destronou os dois ...por isso sou fã dele....mica é um freguês dos ruotolos....

[@jrowlandj]

Talk about didn't see that one coming. Great skills from both, great finish.

[@kasperissimo]

I believe the reason Lachlan wasn't able to finish before Kade started fighting the hands was because of the grip he took before the inversion at 6:09.The grip with the bottom arm on the ankle/calf is good but the one with the top arm on the outside of the knee is what I think cost him the match. If you look at 0.25 speed during 6:14-6:15 you can see that before Lachlan could connect his hands he needed to clear it from the bottom of Kade's knee.If the grip at 6:09 was on the inside of Kade's knee instead of the outside he could connect them while in backside 50/50 making the backstep impossible. Would love to hear some thoughts on this

[@sammylegaspi2214]

Man I watched the routolo bros grow up and now they’re adcc champs can’t be more proud of them

[@Jonnyguywrestle]

Jiu jitsu is beautiful

[@bmlsb]

Looked like he was kicking Giles in the face

[@jerryh2954]

Great match!

[@Brndndutton]

Nice 👍🏼. Way to be patient and get the arm.

[@keithwilliams9584]

Crazy finish!

[@aguilacalva2625]

Wow! Impressive 👍👏👏

[@augustonunes4638]

Que guarda é essa do Lachlan Giles, sensacional.

[@jailson1083]

Genial,esperou uma brecha e foi preciso, um verdadeiro jenio do jiu-jitsu. Muito bom ,muito bom de assistir.

[@vanguelder]

"gênio"

[@leo0299]

Um verdadeiro cagão do jiu-jitsu.....o cara foi melhor o tempo todo

[@ronaldinho5860]

My favorite match of ADCC 2022.

[@linuxisbetter0]

Need to see that armbar instructional: "just kick him on the face repeatedly"

[@Koko161081]

Giles himself said he felt no kick, the camera angle is misleading.

[@pethersonsteffenaraujocava8734]

Exactly kkkkkkk

[@james.randorff]

Play it back at 0.25x speed. You’ll see that there was only one semi-hard contact (and this is a contact sport) to the head as Ruotolo was attempting to secure the top leg over Giles’ head. Everything else was just a fight between Giles shoving off the leg and Ruotolo attempting to replace it.

[@sammylegaspi2214]

It reminded me of a tryna hold down a flailing big fish lmao

[@grappler840829]

40s cardio cannot be the same as 20s. Lachlan did great job. 🎉

[@nukenfry]

Lachlan is in his 30s

[@grappler840829]

@@nukenfryKorean age

[@leesin2992]

@@grappler840829 what is korean age

[@pawelmurias]

Lachlan didn't seem exhausted, but got caught while being hanging out in a dubious position.

[@grappler840829]

@Paweł Murias not exhausted but we can't tell his cardio is same as his 20s.

[@oliverwells7694]

This sport is so ridiculously dangerous haha. The amount of times KR bones and joints were compromised is crazy

[@asharedo]

Ikr dude was spinning around like wild, he could've so easily got his heel or knee in a compromised position during the spin and torn his ACL

[@greghuffman3061]

saw Kade mentioned somewhere and this is first vid ive seen

[@os_trecheiros]

Ansioso pra assistir.

[@JimmyBoogaloo]

Fascinating match

[@d.n3025]

That's awesome

[@Elusive_Pete]

Lachlan was on track to winning too. More submission entries/attempts.

[@eliotquintana9802]

Bjj jitsu tournament faw years ago

[@ohyeah2852]

Commentator was finna break the sound barrier 😅

[@Adventurer-Rikth]

the guy in white is real good...

[@jaredsmyth8666]

Great match

[@TheGrapplingNinja]

One my favorite fights

[@HonkletonDonkleton]

Fights don't start by sitting down

[@ftm8712]

So are heel blows to the face legal? Giles was more concerned wth those than the actual arm bar.

[@henrymedrano2980]

Maybe he shouldn't lay on his back from the start like a little bitch

[@MMAenterprise]

🔥🔥

[@hollywood4890]

Wow Lachlan was close to the inside heel hook again

[@artgijon]

Epic

[@bryanwheeler437]

King Kade

[@robertcunningham6592]

🥇

[@AY1000000]

Great:)

[@Luxapricityarchives]

That looked more like a UFC match than an ADCC matchup, damn!

[@bmrz38]

I was seeing a lot of “sport Bjj”.

[@svalbard01]

KR isn't going to lose again for a while... his skills, strength, and repertoire are still ascendant.

[@TheeFitnessEnthusiast]

I think it's mostly scrappiness and will that wins him matches because he's not known for having smooth, clean techniques.

[@jamesallan9867]

WOW 🤯

[@leo0299]

Esse KADE é muito cagão....tava perdendo a luta toda ...mesma coisa que aconteceu com mica....1 segundo tudo mudou, parabéns pro oponente, foi melhor o tempo todo

[@Hlsouzaf1g]

Respeito sua opinião mas discordo de seu comentário. Deus abençoe.

[@solanosilva4451]

Johnny KAGE tem q ir pro MMA, só encaixou o braço depois de chutar mto a cara do adversário, esse gringo é mala, 1 hora chega a dele, daí vai falar mta groselha = Gordon 'barba branca'...

[@ailtonreis3]

Verdade seja dita, guardeiros são chatos de assistir, duro mesmo, fogem da luta o tempo todo até que caiam no seu jogo, ainda bem que ainda há passadores foda como esse, tirou um golpe da cartola na hora certa, parabens!

[@0Psithiros]

I just love how Ruotolo in Italian means - I roll

[@XXXCRSPL]

Kids a Badass

[@nawnawly-jk4pr]

❤

[@melvinfigueroa3414]

Not for nothing, but he did deck Lachlan in the face a few times which helped get the armbar, just saying. Highly doubt that would play out the same way if they met again.

[@MrMelon247]

Lachlan himself said he didn’t feel any kicks to the face. The video just makes it look like he got smacked.

[@kevinbreezy4202]

Wow

[@calisthetics]

Grappling is so interesting to watch. It looks way more animalistic than striking.

[@jamesvillamor1842]

Especially these two characters! It's as if they have animal instincts

[@sujoms]

Man .. as a blue belt and an old man (32) I wish incould do shit like that😅

[@hdcomputerkeith]

young man was kicking him that bad!! for the arm bar. wild man!!! but he got sub and great foot defenece he clealy knew Giles game well to escape! but ! So arm was not clean but dirty!

[@georgehenderson7783]

Whatever happened to little sister Nya Ruotolo? She was kicking butt in 2016...

[@Trovao13]

Veja ⚡Trovão Treze ✌️ tmj

[@steveokinevil22]

Whats new content?

[@thewolfmalik3317]

Sneaky arm bar! That’s pretty much all you can do when you’re facing someone with a guard like Lachlan’s

[@sirtrevis]

Kade capitalizes on those unbreakable young man bones. A fine technique ... until they start to break.

[@lazi16]

there are just sooo many great techniques that disappear in bjj by allowing guard pulls. how could the rules be changed so there is both a great standup and ground game? a tighter connection between judo and bjj that might be more functional in self defense and also more fun to watch. maybe give more points to the first takedown of a match so there would be an incentive to start on the feet but stay on the ground for submissions?

[@loso2751]

I hear you but the wrestling and judo is so bad in BJJ that guard pulls just get the action going. It’s getting better though slowly.

[@Spiritof_76]

ADCC rules are not exact BJJ rules, these are all sports. The competitors at these high level events would annihilate the general population, everyone but legit MMA fighters. Giles knew his best bet was to avoid a standing match with young, strong Kade. It's just playing to a rule set if you want to win.

[@jonasjorgensen8759]

​@@Spiritof_76 annihilate by butt scootching? Lmao

[@Spiritof_76]

@@jonasjorgensen8759 These athletes know how to do takedowns but they also know when fighting for it against each other is a waste of energy. Giles knew it and opted for his leg attack game. This is a sport. Go challenge Lachlan to a fistfight the next time he's in the US. See how much ass you have to laugh off after that.

[@jonasjorgensen8759]

@@Spiritof_76 if you think you can beat anyones ass as a 45 year old 160 pounder juat because you got a Black belt i got News for you. Athleticism size and strength is apex. We have weight classes for a reason, and eventhough he is Great at bjj i doubt he has ever been punched in the face. I'm 6'3 230 29 year old for referance 🫡

[@tribalman9668]

I knew those hyperextended arms were gonna end up barred..

[@john-ze7eu]

Pretty much threw a heel , hard in his face too

[@neemiascosta7162]

Gustavo Miranda

[@MichaelJames707]

🙇‍♂️

[@lucasdevaldivia7938]

granby > b50 - 0:50 , 6:10

[@user-zr5zc1li8q]

Lachlan has better techniques but the kid is faster

[@lordsneed9418]

why did lachlan lie on his back? I thought when you sat it's better to be sitting than lying on your back?

[@himsam84]

probably so he can invert and from his back, its a lot easier to access his preferred guards like k

[@isaacbonilla4964]

It’s easier to enter into k guard/inversions. Giles got to the legs and even snagged a heel hook from inverting. Just got caught with that armbar, super exciting match though.

[@KaninTuzi]

It's the beetle guard

[@Crimson_Strider]

Giles was doing well.

[@Naknak0324]

why does giles start defense like that? wont it be easy to end up in a north south position? is it easy to defend from there?

[@christianyoung405]

Kade ruotolo - winner by cross side facekicks

[@chcknpie04]

Lachlan says himself that he wasn’t getting kicked

[@globalterroil3208]

@@chcknpie04 He is just playing nice. ;-)

[@samuelcottrell-pe5fw]

Bx

[@mytwo5169]

Definitely Lachlan has a better principle and knowledge but the kid has better physical ability

[@albatrossyglossy]

WOW.

[@timrichmond5020]

Did anyone else think the arm bar looked fake, he didn't try and roll towards it, that just seemed unnatural to me

[@brunocerqueiraferreira1160]

Falta de atenção..😊

[@the1shrubbery]

Lachlan shouldnt have tapped, sure the arm could take a bit of damage there but there was no way kade had a catastrophic break there was still too much movement and too open of a position

[@iwantahir8340]

😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@manuelcarpio-fl2pz]

Lachlan had it. Jiujitsu vs jiujitsu Lachlan wins

[@Spiritof_76]

What did he have? Was this jiu-jitsu vs. jiu-jitsu, or was it something else?

[@manuelcarpio-fl2pz]

@@Spiritof_76 Lachlan's defense was significantly tampering Rutolo's offense. So much that it was disruptive, Rutolo couldn't create a meaningful chain of attacks that forced Lachlan to the same thing he was doing, which was to disengage. Rutolo was forced to continuously disengage in order to stay in the match. The jiujitsu vs jiujitsu battle is such that one is forced to fight their way through their opponent's fortress. Rutolo didn't have an answer for Lachlan's guard, otherwise we would've seen a pass or Lachlan fighting to recover. In the absence of this, it deducible that if Rutolo would've been forced to engage Lachlan continuously he would've lost the match. However, just like a chess match, sometimes the higher rated player gets hasty and creates an unnecessary overextension that his lower-rated can take advantage of. This match is clear example of this.

[@matthewoneill2701]

@@manuelcarpio-fl2pz I love Lachlan and his style but clearly he did not have the match lol. I think you're greatly undermining the jiu jitsu and composure Kade was displaying in his impressive leg lock defence when he was in numerous deep and dangerous entanglements.

[@Spiritof_76]

@@manuelcarpio-fl2pz Thanks for explaining jiu-jitsu to me. After doing it for over 20 years, I wasn't quite sure that I understood the goal or purpose. But your jiu-jitsu vs. jiu-jitsu comment was irrelevant when Kade hit the armbar. Giles is a badass, and his leglock entries are slick. But he lost to a young, strong, crafty, athletic opponent who escaped his submissions. Giles elevated the whole sport with his ADCC appearances and young guys built on it.

[@manuelcarpio-fl2pz]

@@Spiritof_76 Contrary to popular belief, time in training in jiu-jitsu does not necessarily translate to a proportional measurement in skill acquisition or progression. Hence, why there exists black belts with over 20 years of training who are technically outclassed by lower belts with significantly less training. Everything can be expressed mathematically, and we can do the same with jiujitsu. Therefore, we can quantify what happened in this match. For the simple minded, your narrative works just fine. For the people who are less impressed and more involved in the impression is different.

[@Zerganson]

Когда одуванчик постригётся?

[@DrHarbirSingh]

mma; 3 heal kicks to the face

[@KingWings]

Bro he gotta cut that hair that shouldn’t be allowed in adcc, so much harder to choke someone on with a helmet of hair

[@candylord5363]

Ruotolo SUB Giles

[@bmrz38]

As soon as he sat down and went to his back then threw his legs over his head I could not wait for him to lose. Nice arm bar!

[@xXGREYG00SEXx]

Took him long enough lol that dudes arms were always stretched out while he was controlling his legs... awesome match and skill from both

[@mixedmartialnutrition1746]

long enough? it didnt go overtime.... he said u keep playing 1 trick pony monkey guard hold this armbar

[@lazarooliva299]

This kid is a set up monster 👾

[@LuvTemik]

Вау

[@misnomer4231]

that poor man's face :(

[@emirsaracevic]

that sitting should be panelized two points

[@jimrylander9143]

Giles was definitely caught off guard. He didn’t see it coming.

[@Cornbreadddd]

This dude's voice is tough though

[@user-ik8tk7lb8w]

who plays in the floor like this deserves no respect, wtf

[@BURGAWMMA]

Every now and then I think I can actually sit through a Brazilian jiu-jitsu match and then they immediately sit down making it impossible to take seriously

[@marcosgallegos269]

Bad take

[@BURGAWMMA]

@@marcosgallegos269 not anywhere near as bad as sitting on your ass in the beginning of a Combat Sports contest... modern sport BJJ is a FAKE martial art

[@christiancharleskypros-ven6780]

😂

[@mgPu-bf4kv]

😂😂

[@jordiefricks]

giles system is too one note, and he lacks the instinct to submit that more well rounded practitioners have sitting on your ass every fight will leave you on your ass afterward too

[@michele6744]

Onestly I still don't understand how going to the ground purposely can be useful for self defense. I know that's sport, but bjj is a martial art often claims to be the best for self defense. I think judo or sambo are more better. Good match anyway!