"Always wondered who was better" - Fans beyond excited for Kade Ruotolo and Mikey Musumeci's Denver super fight at ONE 168

ONE Championship fans are ready to see Kade Ruotolo defend the ONE lightweight submission grappling world championship against flyweight submission grappling king Mikey Musumeci at ONE 168: Denver on September 6 inside the Ball Arena.

Ahead of their potential fight of the night encounter, ONE posted some of the best submission finishes from Ruotolo and 'Darth Rigatoni' on Instagram.

See the video below:

Fans shared their excitement for Ruotolo and Musumeci's world title tilt in the comments section, which can be read below:

"Oh man that's gonna be a good match to watch. I always wondered who was better."

"This one's gonna be insane to see"

"This match is going to be crazy and I'm here for it!!"

"I'm sooo hyped for his next fight 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️❤️"

"Ohhhhh this is gonna be a good one"

"This battle will go down in the books!"

With both BJJ megastars possessing unblemished 7-0 records, their ONE lightweight submission grappling world championship bout at ONE 168 will see someone experience defeat for the first time in their ONE career.

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Mikey Musumeci planning to add weight for ONE 168 scrap

Mikey Musumeci has a plan in place to potentially counter Kade Ruotolo's wrestling-heavy BJJ style at ONE 168 on September 6 inside the Ball Arena.

Musumeci, after his big win against Gabriel Sousa this past June at ONE 167, said at the post-event press conference:

"So I'll definitely probably stay lighter and maybe if I can, I'll try to put on another five pounds of muscle. I feel like that would be a reasonable number, 10 max. But I can't see myself being 10 without eating more protein. I was trying, for this match, to eat more protein so that helped me get a little heavier. So maybe another five pounds, if that."

Watch the entire press conference below:

Tickets for ONE 168 are available via Ticketmaster.

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