Day 1 of the Craig Jones Invitational delivered some thrilling finishes and some surprising upsets because the festivities formally kicked off in Las Vegas.
Nicky Rod was undoubtedly the star of the present, scoring a pair of rear-naked chokes towards Max Gimenis and Owen Livesey to punch his ticket to the semi-finals of the Over 80kg bracket. Rod will face Adam Bradley on Day 2 after Bradley earned cut up choices towards Kyle Boehm and Bellator prospect Pat Downey.
Becoming a member of Rod and Bradley on the opposite aspect of the semi-final bracket are Inacio Santos and Fellipe Andrew, who labored their method to the penultimate spherical with a sequence of hard-fought victories.
Maybe the largest shocker got here within the Underneath 80kg quarterfinal when reigning ONE welterweight submission grappling world champion Tye Ruotolo suffered a call loss towards Levi Jones-Leary. Ruotolo received his event off to an amazing begin, tapping out adorned wrestler Jason Nolf with a kneebar within the third spherical.
Going through Jones-Leary almost 5 hours into the present, Ruotolo struggled along with his guard whereas Jones-Leary fished for a heel hook all through the match. Ultimately, Jones-Leary’s aggressiveness was sufficient to grab a unanimous resolution win, depriving us of the chance to see Tye Ruotolo sq. off along with his twin brother and fellow ONE world champion, Kade Ruotolo.
ONE World Champion Kade Ruotolo fights his method to craig jones invitational below 80kg semifinal
Kade Ruotolo was in a position to get the job achieved on the opposite aspect of the bracket, locking in a nasty straight ankle lock with mere seconds left within the opening spherical towards ADCC gold medalist Matheus Diniz.
Ruotolo went on to dominate Tommy Langaker in his quarterfinal match, incomes a unanimous resolution towards the Norwegian BJJ star. Within the final 14 months, Ruotolo has bagged three wins towards Langaker with two of them coming below the ONE Championship banner.
Kade Ruotolo will meet Andrew Tackett within the semifinal contest after the younger American bested Nicky Ryan and Eoghan O’Flanagan by way of resolution.
Try all of the motion from Day 1 of the CJI, together with full outcomes and the up to date brackets for Day 2 under:
Over 80kg first spherical Outcomes:
Nicky Rod def. Max Gimenis by way of submission (rear-naked choke) at 1:45 of Spherical 2.
Owen Livesey def. Mahamed Aly by way of unanimous resolution (29-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Adam Bradley def. Kyle Boehm by way of cut up resolution (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Pat Downey def. Luke Rockhold by way of unanimous resolution (30-27, 30-25, 30-26)
Lucas Kanard def. Victor Hugo by way of submission (heel hook) at 1:10 of Spherical 1
Inacio Santos def. Pedro Alex by way of cut up resolution (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Fellipe Andrew def. Daniel Kerkvliet by way of unanimous resolution (30-26, 30-27, 30-27)
Joao Gabriel Rocha def. William Tackett by way of unanimous resolution
Over 80kg quarterfinal Outcomes:
Nicky Rod def. Owen Livesey by way of submission (rear-naked choke) at 3:41 of Spherical 1.
Adam Bradley def. Pat Downey by way of cut up resolution (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Inacio Santos def. Lucas Kanard by way of unanimous resolution (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)
Fellipe Andrew def. Joao Gabriel Rocha by way of unanimous resolution
Underneath 80kg first spherical Outcomes:
Tye Ruotolo def. Jason Nolf by way of submission (kneebar) at 4:16 of Spherical 3
Levi Jones-Leary def. Roberto Jimenez by way of submission (inside heel hook) at 1:53 of Spherical 1
Lucas Barbosa def. Kenta Iwamoto by way of unanimous resolution
Jozef Chen def. Andy Varela by way of unanimous resolution (30-26, 30-27, 29-27)
Kade Ruotolo def. Matheus Diniz by way of submission (straight ankle lock) at 4:43 of Spherical 1
Tommy Langaker def. Renato Canuto by way of unanimous resolution (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)
Eoghan O’Flanagan def. Magid Hage by way of submission (exterior heel hook) at 1:41 of Spherical 2
Andrew Tackett def. Nicky Ryan by way of unanimous resolution (30-24, 30-24, 30-25)
Underneath 80kg quarterfinal Outcomes:
Levi Jones-Leary def. Tye Ruotolo by way of unanimous resolution (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
Lucas Barbosa def. Jozef Chen by way of submission (knee crush) at 3:34 of Spherical 3
Kade Ruotolo def. Tommy Langaker by way of unanimous resolution (30-26, 30-26, 30-27)
Andrew Tackett def. Eoghan O’Flanagan by way of unanimous resolution (30-26, 30-26, 30-26)
