Daniel Rodriguez

I'm like, because you're big, bro.

I just want to fight you.

Yeah.

yeah and and with no training you had no training at all no training man just just just wanting just want to learn how to fight i just want to be fighting yeah yeah so it's a crazy way to learn yeah dude just and like dude you can't i mean like imagine getting a fight with your cellmate i got some crazy shit that's crazy shit yeah you gotta sleep together

Sleep of one eye open, bro.

Yeah, so that's the only experience I had prior to starting MMA.

And then I remember I stopped going to jail when I was like 23.

When I stopped going to jail, I started having kids.

And I'm like, all right, I got to stop gangbanging because I used to think going to jail was cool.

I used to think it was cool because you get out and you just have a little more respect.

I thought it was cool.

I thought going to jail makes you a badass.

But once I started having kids, I realized, all right, I got to take care of them.

I got human beings I gotta fucking, I gotta take care of and raise, you know?

So I started looking for every, any possible way to try to live a decent life.

And I've tried everything, man.

I've had every job you could think of.

But I've even had good jobs before and I've lost them, you know, by just being a knucklehead and going back to jail.

And I remember I got out of prison one time and my cousin hits me up and he's like, yo, come to my house, bro.

We're going to watch some fights and barbecue and stuff.