Daniel Rodriguez's imprisonment in Mexico
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Daniel Rodriguez's imprisonment in Mexico has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Joe Rogan Experience. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Daniel RodriguezAmerican mixed martial artist competing in the UFC welterweight division
Rodriguez said several inmates died of drug overdoses during his time in the jail.
“A lot of dudes were overdosing in there”
The Joe Rogan Experience: JRE MMA Show #180 with Daniel Rodriguez (Jun 2, 2026) · Listen from 2:09:20
Rodriguez said guards themselves sold drugs inside the jail, including the marijuana he bought.
“Well, the guards brought it in, so I figured, like, how am I going to be in trouble for this if the guards are bringing it?”
The Joe Rogan Experience: JRE MMA Show #180 with Daniel Rodriguez (Jun 2, 2026) · Listen from 2:05:30
Rodriguez said guards demanded thousands of dollars to move him to better accommodations.
“the guards had tried to charge me seven grand, bro, to get me out of that cell”
The Joe Rogan Experience: JRE MMA Show #180 with Daniel Rodriguez (Jun 2, 2026) · Listen from 8:24
Rodriguez attributed his long detention to a judicial election that replaced judges who had taken bribes with new ones playing it by the book.
“the the the whole judicial system was going through an election at the time”
The Joe Rogan Experience: JRE MMA Show #180 with Daniel Rodriguez (Jun 2, 2026) · Listen from 4:38
Podcasts
- The Joe Rogan Experience · 1 episode
Episodes
JRE MMA Show #180 with Daniel RodriguezThe Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 2, 2026 · 2 h 22 min
UFC welterweight Daniel Rodriguez tells Joe Rogan about eight months in a Tijuana jail over an ounce of marijuana and his comeback fight in Serbia.