Ruotolo vs Vigna

Who won Ruotolo vs Vigna?

Kade Ruotolo beat Nicolas Vigna by submission in the 1st round during the main card of ONE 171, on Thursday 20th February 2025 at Lusail Sports Arena in Lusail.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Ruotolo vs Vigna stats

Kade Ruotolo stepped into the octagon with an undefeated record of 0 wins, zero losses and 0 draws.

Nicolas Vigna made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 7 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 4 by submission.

This was Kade Ruotolo's 3rd fight in the One Championship, having made his debut for the promotion in 2024. Nicolas Vigna marked his 1st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2025.

Kade Ruotolo's One Championship record stood at 3-0-0, while Nicolas Vigna's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Vigna had a massive power advantage over Ruotolo, boasting a 43% knock out percentage over Ruotolo's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Vigna had a massive advantage over Ruotolo, boasting a 57% submission rate over Ruotolo's 0%.

Kade Ruotolo was the same age as Nicolas Vigna, at years old.

Vigna had a height advantage of 2 inches over Ruotolo. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Ruotolo was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 7 fewer fights, and made his debut in , 10 years and 3 months earlier than Vigna, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 6 less professional rounds, 3 to Vigna's 9.

Ruotolo vs Vigna form

Ruotolo remained undefeated as a professional.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Ahmed Mujtaba at ONE 169 on 8th November 2024 by submission in the 1st round at State Farm Arena, Atlanta, United States.

Previous to that, he had beaten Blake Cooper at ONE 167 on 7th June 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Impact Arena, Bangkok, Thailand.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Tommy Langaker at ONE 165 on 28th January 2024 by unanimous decision in their ONE Lightweight championship fight at Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan.

Before that, he was victorious against Tommy Langaker at ONE Fight Night 11 on 9th June 2023 by unanimous decision in their ONE Lightweight championship fight at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.

He had won against Matheus Gabriel at ONE on Prime Video 5 on 2nd December 2022 by unanimous decision in their ONE Lightweight championship fight at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore.

Activity check

Ruotolo's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 11 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 5 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1 rounds on average.

What time did Ruotolo vs Vigna start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 2:10 PM UTC , which was 9:10 AM EST or 6:10 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 2:10 PM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Ruotolo vs Vigna?

Kade Ruotolo was a 1/20 (-2000) favourite going into the contest, while Nicolas Vigna made his way into the ring at 8/1 (+780) with oddsmakers.