If you manage to land yourself in a Mexican prison, you'd best hope you manage to get out of there in one piece. Well, things certainly help if you're an accomplished UFC fighter with powerful people who know who you are.
Well, according to TMZ, UFC fighter Daniel Rodriguez was in that situation during a 7-month stint in a Mexican prison. He explained to the outlet that while he's been to prison before, Mexican prison felt different.
"I've been in jail before. It's not my first rodeo, but this was a whole different monster... Surrounded by the lowest of the low. You can imagine jail, then you can imagine jail in Mexico." I certainly can. And I certainly wouldn't want to be there.
But, luckily for D-Rod, his status as a UFC fighter meant that he got some pretty kind treatment. Well, that's a relative term, of course. I doubt that any treatment in a prison like that would be favourable.
In any case, he did say he was "put in probably the best living situation". He also explained that he "did get a lot of love in there, but it is jail, and it is Mexico."
"It was a crazy experience. Luckily, nothing happened. I was in the right crowd of people where nobody f***** with me, nobody messed with me, and I didn't have to beat anybody's a** or nothing like that."
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Now That the UFC Fighter Is Out, He's Got a Big Fight Planned
Although he did spend almost a year in Tijuana, he's still got big plans for the UFC. He said that he's got a pretty exciting fight coming up against Leon Edwards for International Fight Week.
And that's planned for July. While we don't exactly know what shape he's in, it's not unexpected that he'd still be pretty darn ripped. While he didn't have to "beat anybody's a**," you'd think there wouldn't be much else to do in a Mexican prison than just train, train, train.
And he's got a pretty good record pre-prison to back him up. He's got 20 wins, 5 losses. Pretty good going, if you ask me.
