UFC fighter bailed out of Mexican prison joins ‘Foos Gone Wild’ and Combate Global for new MMA series

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - JUNE 22: Daniel Rodriguez prepares to face Kelvin Gastelum in a middleweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at Kingdom Arena on June 22, 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) | Zuffa LLC via Getty Images

Daniel Rodriguez spent the first quarter of 2026 locked away in a Mexican prison.

Now that Rodriguez is once again a free man, thanks to this fellow UFC fighter, “D-Rod” is making up for lost time, linking up with “Foos Gone Wild” and Combate Global for a new amateur MMA series called “Foos Fighting Championship” on April 25.

It’s like Dana White’s “Contender Series” featuring some of the biggest “foos” in the business.

That includes “Unbreakable” Bobby Liles (0-0), fresh off his stint with a court-mandated ankle monitor. Liles fights Jake “Big Grease” Lleckfelt (1-0), who was nearly greased earlier in his career after getting shot. Elsewhere on the card, Hansol Yi (0-0) returns after “kickflipping a nine-stair” to battle Ryan Pak (0-0), the “sick-ass soccer player from LA High.”

“I’ve been doing my homework on these foos and I already know we’re gonna see some sick fades in La Jaula,” said Lil’ Mr. E, the founder and face of the Los Angeles-based comedy outfit Foos Gone Wild.

La Jaula is the Combate Global Cage.