UFC Welterweight Daniel Rodriguez reveals why he got locked in a Mexican prison for eight months
“D-Rod” is finally free — and now we know why. Last week, No. 14-ranked Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Welterweight Daniel Rodriguez shocked fans by revealing he had spent the past eight months incarcerated in a prison in Tijuana, Mexico.
Now, he’s explained exactly how it happened — and it all started with a simple mistake […]
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JULY 19: Daniel Rodriguez prepares to face Kevin Holland in a welterweight bout during the UFC 318 event at Smoothie King Center on July 19, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Zuffa LLC) “D-Rod” is finally free — and now we know why. Last week, No.
14-ranked Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Welterweight Daniel Rodriguez shocked fans by revealing he had spent the past eight months incarcerated in a prison in Tijuana, Mexico . Now, he’s explained exactly how it happened — and it all started with a simple mistake just a couple of weeks after his biggest UFC win. “I went on vacation across the border to Mexico, and I forgot I had a little bag of weed with me,” Rodriguez said in an interview with Ariel Helwani .
“It was under an ounce. I got pulled over at the line and got checked, and man, the border patrol was tripping on the weed. ” What he expected to be a minor issue quickly spiraled.