Ruotolo has a message for those athletes who claim TRT is necessary to make competition fairer. Vagner Rocha – who refused to test – has openly admitted that he undergoes TRT. Notably, in a recent slew of USADA sanctions issued against IBJJF competitors, every athlete that tested and accepted penalties was taking testosterone. According to them, the dip in testosterone that often happens later in life should be remedied by taking exogenous testosterone. Instead, perhaps the most common form of PED usage is testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), touted by many older grapplers as a way of leveling the playing field. Many grapplers might not take traditional anabolic steroids like trenbolone. It’s just obviously not good for you, it can’t be healthy.” Ruotolo has a message for competitors on TRT And within a couple of months, just lose all their hair. I’ve watched teammates, friends, and people go on steroids. “You really don’t know how dangerous it can be.
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While PEDs might literally enhance one’s performance in professional jiu-jitsu, he says they cause countless other harms and unintended consequences. But that’s just the way we’ve kind of always looked at things.”Ī post shared by Kade & Tye Ruotolo that, Ruotolo is concerned about the detrimental health effects of prolonged steroid use. Some people don’t feel that way, obviously. “And if we were to go take steroids and go win, it wouldn’t feel like we won because we cheated. Stay natural and it’s all about integrity for us and not cheating. That’s what we’ve been trying to do as hard as we can. “For us, my brother and I, at this point, our main goal, our only goal, it’s not even about making the sport clean, because I don’t even know if it’s possible, but it’s about showing the next generation that you don’t have to do it to get the results and to get to the number one spot. Instead, it all comes back to his drive to send a better, healthier message to younger aspiring grapplers: But that’s not what’s motivating him to speak out. In many ways, Ruotolo seems to have given up on the idea of creating a completely fair, steroid-free playing field. They’re starting younger and younger, and it’s pretty sad to see.” “And that’s why, for example, the last person who was in Worlds last year, got caught for steroids,” Ruotolo said. But earlier this year, news broke that Galvao had tested positive for a banned substance and had accepted a one-year suspension from the IBJJF and USADA. The teenage black belt captured gold at the 2022 IBJJF Worlds, defeating Tye in the lightweight final. Ruotolo brings up Mica Galvao as an example. “And I think there’s no one really saying, ‘don’t do this, don’t do this,’ to the kids and to the next generation,” he said. What’s upsetting to Ruotolo is that young athletes looking to make a name for themselves in professional grappling feel pressured into using PEDs, led to believe that the only way to win at the highest level is with the help of steroids. If they were, it was Caio Terra, he was super verbal about it, and maybe a handful of other athletes like Mikey Musumeci.”Ī post shared by ONE Championship Ruotolo wants to show the new generation that steroid-free success is possible
There are probably a couple of competitors that aren’t using it. “I think the reason why it’s so prevalent in jiu-jitsu especially, and MMA and these other sports, but especially in jiu-jitsu is because if you look at all of our peers, all of our greatest, everyone that’s accomplished, golds, at Worlds, this and that it’s almost like you had to be on steroids to do it. Steroids and jiu-jitsu go hand-in-hand, Ruotolo says, because the sport’s biggest and most accomplished stars have been users, with many openly admitting to taking PEDs. My brother and I, our biggest thing is just showing the next generation that you don’t need it. “There are always people who are going to be taking little shortcuts and ways to get around it. Still, he and his brother are determined to change the narrative by showing the younger generation a different way.
With a lifetime in jiu-jitsu, Ruotolo is intimately aware of just how widespread steroid use is in the sport. “It’s almost hard to stay verbal on it because I don’t even really see a real fix to it, to be honest with you.” “My overall thoughts on steroids in the sport, it’s something my brother and I, we’ve been discussing a lot, and it was something that we were very verbal about in the past,” he said in an interview with ONE Championship. A post shared by Kade & Tye Ruotolo Ruotolo and his twin brother Tye have been vocal about his issue for some time, he admits they are facing an uphill battle when it comes to creating real change.
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