Daniel Rodriguez

I hate losing, bro.

So I was like, and there's two different kinds of people.

There's people that will get their ass whooped and just be like, no, this ain't for me.

Or they get your ass whooped and you're like, oh, I never want that to happen again.

You know, so I would show up every day determined like one day I'm going to win, one day I'm going to get them, one day I'm going to get them.

And that honestly kept me in the game, you know.

So that's one thing that I've always thought about.

And, like, why I work so hard is, like, I feel like I have to catch up to these dudes that have been doing this their whole life.

You know, like, dudes have been in the gym since they were kids doing karate and boxing.

That's a factor.

Yeah, I just feel like in an MMA fight, it's a safe environment.

Like, believe it or not, to me, it's safe.

Right.

You know, because I've been in...

if anything goes wrong the rest right there like all right there that's it it's done you know it's a fair fight you know uh I've been in situations where I don't know if I'm gonna live right you know if I don't survive this I might die yeah you know and and I think that I carry that a lot you know while I fight and that's why I look so calm because um I've been I'm calm and hectic sit like

Yeah, man.

When I step in there, I'm just...

I'm just happy to be there.

I'm lucky to be out here.

I'm lucky to have my freedom.