Kade Ruotolo took home a $1 million prize over the weekend. The ONE Championship athlete competed in the inaugural Craig Jones Invitational over the weekend and won the under 80kg division with four wins. All of this before he returns to defend the ONE Lightweight Submission Grappling World Title on Friday, September 6, at ONE 168: Denver against Mikey Musumeci.
In the first match of the invitational, Ruotolo submitted Jason Nolf with a kneebar. The win set up a match against Tommy Langaker, who Ruotolo had last competed against at ONE 165.