Mikey Musumeci not entirely worried about his level of jiu-jitsu heading into Kade Ruotolo war: “I solve like a billion things a day”
Mikey Musumeci isn't too worried about jiu-jitsu training ahead of his highly anticipated showdown with fellow ONE world champion Kade Ruotolo.
Something's gotta give when two of the greatest grapplers on the planet go toe-to-toe when ONE Championship heads back to the United States for the first time in over a year. On Friday, September 6, the promotion will bring loaded ONE 168: Denver card to Ball Arena in The Mile High City, headlined by a Muay Thai clash between Jonathan Haggerty and Superlek.
In the co-main event, ONE lightweight submission grappling world champion Kade Ruotolo puts his 26 pounds of gold up for grabs as Musumeci—the current ONE flyweight submission grappling king—moves up three weight classes in a bid to become a two-division titleholder.
In a video short shared on the Treigning Lab YouTube channel, Musumeci shared some insight into his training camp, revealing that as long as he's healthy and energetic come fight night, he'll figure out the rest on the fly.
"Strategically, jiu-jitsu and all these different things, I solve like a billion things a day," Musumeci said. "So I just need to be healthy and have the energy for this fight."
Mikey Musumeci and Kade Ruotolo put their perfect 7-0 records on the line at ONE 168: Denver
Both Mikey Musumeci and Kade Ruotolo go into their ONE 168 clash with perfect 7-0 records in ONE Championship.
Musumeci, who made his promotional debut a month before Ruotolo, kicked things off with an impressive submission victory over Masakazu Imanari at ONE 156. He's since added wins over Cleber Sousa, Osamah Almarwai, interim ONE strawweight MMA champion Jarred Brooks, and Japanese legend Shinya Aoki.
Meanwhile, Ruotolo has been building up his own impressive resume, besting the likes of Uali Kurzhev, Matheus Gabriel, Tommy Langaker, and Francisco Lo.
Ruotolo also made the move to mixed martial arts in June, scoring a first-round rear-naked choke submission victory over American standout Blake Cooper.
Who leaves The Centennial State with their 'O' intact and ONE lightweight submission grappling gold wrapped around their waist?
Follow this link for tickets for ONE 168: Denver on September 6 at Ball Arena.