ONE Lightweight Submission Grappling World Champion Kade Ruotolo showed Lionel Messi’s bodyguard, Yassine Cheuko, a standing Mir Lock in Los Angeles. In a video of the encounter, Cheuko later applies the same hold on Kade and gets him to tap.
The meeting happened by chance at an event hosted by a mutual sponsor. Kade’s twin brother, reigning ONE Welterweight Submission Grappling World Champion Tye Ruotolo, was there too.
Tye said Cheuko had good energy and was keen to work through several moves. Although they had no mat, he said, Cheuko was willing to practice jiu-jitsu.
