Tye Ruotolo vs Nicholas Meregali - 2022 ADCC World Championships 

Was this the best match of 2022? Let us know below

Announcers are about to bust every time Ruotolo moves.

been waiting for this match to come on youtube. one of the best adcc matches this year

Man just watching this match hurts my neck.

8:15 " What movement from Tye Ruotolo...the score is still Tye" lol ace wordplay right there 😂

This really was a very good match. Watching it again it was much closer than I originally thought. Tye did a better job, especially towards the end, of controlling the mat space; but Meregali had more "near takedowns" and forced scrambles on/off the ground.

Tye has got heart man

Grande Luta, 2 grandes atletas, concordo com a vitória do Nicolas, mas não acharia anormal a vitória ficar do lado do Tye, fez um grande trabalho.

I have seen this already. It was a great match.

The escape from the Darce was LEGENDARY

sin dudas fue de Meregali, fue 3 veces a la espalda, tiene mas derribos a su favor, tye no tuvo muchas oportunidades de finalizacion, aunque sin duda su anaconda choke fue la mas clara, pero de nuevo hay que tomar en cuenta el escape de esa finalización por parte de meregali, el domino mas, la diferencia de peso le jugo a su favor, sin dudas tye lo hizo muy bien, pero meregali se lo llevo indiscutiblemente si analizamos estos factores... Oss 🔥🔥

The most underrated match of the entire tournament. David vs Goliath I love Tye he always fights-up in competition. Tye is the man to beat Gordon Ryan. Promise.

Quick reminder: Meregali had never competed in no gi until roughly 7 months before this fight. Bonkers. Danaher stated that in an interview. He says Meregali met him on early 2022 and said he wanted to be the champion both at the ADCC and BJJ World Championship. Danaher then told him “Sure, let’s work things out for you to compete at high level at the ADCC from 2024 onward.” To what Meregali replied: “Nope, we are going to fight for both titles this year.” (2022) Danaher told he was absolutely impressed by Meregali’s mindset and work-ethic.

Good humble those kids ossss we all need it

Que luta show..!!

that darce choke was TIGHT, i dont know how he survived that

Now that Meregali is team Danaher he will be back as a whole different beast!

Good match!🔥💯

Tye would have completed that double leg in overtime if the weight was even remotely close. Nick just too big

Brasiiiiiiiiillllllll👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 pra mim esse Nicholas maragalli é melhor que o mica no wrestling..virei fã... tranquilo....técnico... sinceramente quando começou a luta achei que fosse um italiano...😅 Quando vi a bandeira do Brasil.... fiquei feliz'síssimo , esses rotuoulos são muito MARRENTOS..adorei

Dangggg 😅 🔥 this was intense AF!

What a banger this was

I think sub attempts should score higher on the judges cards to be fair, tye was never really in danger in this match, but that darce could easily have hit

& Tye says he wants a match with Gordon

hi. is there a CatchWrestling practioners that competed in ADCC competions specially this 2022 ADCC World championships? thank you..

Tye fought so much harder in the Absolute than he did in his own weight div, where he really looked lackluster. Wonder what the deal was with that?

Tye a beast…even smaller he could outpace meregalli. Crazy explosivness and trickies to

Every jiu jitsu competitor NEEDS to learn a sweep single. A wrestling takedown that i have used to great success because it leads to very little risk and can be set up from so many different angles.

Metegali humilde !

Can’t believe he got out of that darce

Could the commentators be any more biased??

Meragali had nothing in the tank at the end of that one. Couldn’t even lift his arm

Nicolas The best

Cuando entrena con su hermano es más entretenido la verdad

Boa nicolas!

Nobody was submitted, no winner really. Just keep in mind the weight difference. Tye a savage

Como que meregali ganhou essa luta nao entendi nada.

Commentators are such cheerleaders...Tye this, Tye that...but Meregali won.

Pegou um oponente à altura, e estava visivelmente mais forte e mais alto. Mesmo assim não conseguiu parecer fácil 😂 ainda diz q bate com facilidade do mica

Uchi Mata @ 2:42 ?

Also love how so many of you throw out the road accusation so easily and baselessly. Belfort aside, has Ryan ever been tested or failed a test?? He's hardly the only grappler who is jacked like that. He's hardly the only ATHLETE to be jacked like that.

tye vs felipe pena no la encuentro

O motivo de ta fugindo do Mica. Passou mal contra o TR 😂😂

Quem foi Meregali

intentional eye poke from Tye, usually these brothers are honorable competitors. But this one just seemed dirty, love the brothers but had to say it.

Were the commentators paid for every time they said “Tye Ruotolo”? Only reluctantly said Meregali. God forbid they should actually say something about technique or tactics.

I came to this match with fresh perspective, only knew Ruotolos name but watching silhouettes and body language, I could tell Nicholas was going to win after the Uchi Mata. Just a longer, stronger guy who earned it. Crowd , commentator and clout bias should not factor into the decisions, and it takes nothing away from just how good Tye is; I just knew Nicholas was the better man, this day

I feel like Tye won that , had a better chance against yuri stylistically.

he beat Routolo on points when mica submitted he even said he massacred mica😂😂😂😂

Cheated with his left knee a bit before a reset.

this dude bigger than ruotolo yet playing way safer this was a wack decision

Made in Brazil

For me Tye win but it is wat is...

Can somebody explain why the last single leg to foot sweep from meregali on regulation wasn't worth any points?

Lutinha mais ou menos !!! Doido pra ver o Mica amassar os dois e o cabeludo tb !!!!!😬😬😬😅

I'm the only one that thinks the rash guard should be required for all grappling competition matches?

The best thing about the video is clearly seeing that the narrator is rooting for the American, but is constantly frustrated when Menegalli lands takedowns or goes for Tye's back. hahahahaha I am happy. Get used to it, you are not the center of the world.

Meregali going life and death with a guy 20 kg lighter than him...

“ Action packed “ they say. Love it when the kids these day say the Gi is dead cause it’s so boring : then in the same breath point to matches consisting of 20 mins of non-stop neck slapping and hard disengaging . Still pretty decent match - if you are able to scroll past the long stretches of neck slapping.

Tem que rolar menos nos treinos, daí tem mais vontade de rolar no dia do Luta HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Tye is 168lbs, Meregali is 222lbs. 54lb size advantage and couldn’t even score on Tye

No points in ADCC?

No one can convince me the didn’t win this

nao finalizou ele nao finaliza mica

I think Tye won this due to that super tight darce. That was so close. You can see his face grimace like crazy

Tye gave Meregali problems man

Another match for those with insomnia.

I love Jiu Jitsu, but as someone who can wrestle I don’t like how these matches begin. No outside shot fakes/level changes or the grip fighting and especially counters still need growth.

I thought tye should have won. Felt like he was more aggressive. Went for more submissions. I only watched it in person though

Tye should of got it just for goin the clock without getting scored on by one of the best in the world That should be the rule ,if a veteran catches hell from a challenger they should get the fight

Nick completely won this

Meregali wins

I don't know how you watch this and don't see the immediate problem? Jiujitsu guys have no game on the feet. Not only cant they get and keep each other down, but they are lumbering around like fucking Frankenstein leaving everything open all the time. The takedown opportunities are all over the place, but they have terrible wrestling fundamentals so they can't see them. At one point the announcer says "meregali is difficult to approach he is always reaching..." That is not good. That is exactly an opening that anyone with good wrestling can use. The state of takedowns in jiujitsu is disgraceful.

We clearly know who the commentators favored, Ruotolo could of just sat there and not done anything and these guys would of gased him up.

if they were just better at stand up wrestling

Wild how they can be this good at subs and this bad at wrestling. They arnt even JV level. :/

Time to hop on some gear

Gordon would thrash Tye

Cue tye fans claiming he won… lol not even that close

I am dissapointed by all the noise over heard since this match of "tye getting robbed" or "tye should have won" tye didn't stop running until overtime. He should have been penalized for stalling a minute in. He ran off the mat to stop takedowns and such like what three times? You can't just count on being the aggressive person in overtime.

Paga maior sapo..e quase perdeu pra um cara com metade do seu peso kkkkkk imagina oq o Pena vai fazer com ele kkkk

A natty who had to eat cheeseburgers to fight up cuz he lost a coin flip with his twin for their weight class versus a gassed up giant

just a draw, you can say either side won

Robbed

I think Tye won this fight tho

Q mala lucha... la peor

Que coisa horivel de se ve

If Tye did roids 🤔

tye had no chance

Stolen, most dangerous attempt was clearly the Darce . Bullshit result

This nobody was so lucky that Meregali was tired...

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Luta sem vergonha, horrível

Get to the ground already! Quit playing patty cake

He was robbed. Giving up that weight and he was the closest to a submission

Tye won this foh no contest

Boring wrestling match.

Sumo wrestling is better

About tired of the no-fight fights. Absurd.

There is no way Meregalli won that fight