The Ruotolos are putting their money where their mouth is, literally, and using their recent cash prizes to build a brand new gym in Marbella, Costa Rica, completely from scratch.
Kade and Tye Ruotolo, the most famous grappling brothers due at the moment, have had a very fruitful 2022. They both had highly impressive performances at the ADCC and in ONE FC, which, apart from championship accolades brought them a significant amount of cash. The Ruotolos claimed on more than one occasion that they’ll put the money towards building a new gym in Costa Rica, and they are now doing exactly what they said.
And, in this case, the word building is literal. The Ruotolos are actually building a gym from the ground up in Marbella. They recently shared their progress on their joint Instagram account:
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The Ruotolos also told Jiu-Jitsu Times that:
“It won’t be the type of gym where we’re doing classes every day, it’ll be kind of a “head” training spot for us – so that when we’re out there, we can keep training, and can also run Jiu-Jitsu camps.
The goal would be to bring people out for a week, teach them how to surf, and offer privates throughout the week, along with other activities. Fishing, archery, mountain biking, all of that.
The plan’s already in motion, we’re trying to make it happen – the gym should be up and finished by the end of the year. That’s the goal.”
How the Ruotolos will manage their new project along with their highly busy competition schedule remains to be seen, but the brothers seem to have a great handle on things for now.
At the moment, there are no scheduled bouts for the Ruotolos, although Tye got into it with Gordon Ryan on social media recently, opening the door for some potentially highly entertaining matches against New Wave Jiu-Jitsu members, or even the “King” himself in the near future.
