D-Rod responds to possible greasing allegations from Kevin Holland:
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) July 21, 2025
"I was hard to grab, but that's sweat.
In the 3rd round when he went for the choke, he didn't even have it at the right angle. I was able to just turn my body, get my shoulder out, and ended up back on top. I… pic.twitter.com/gwcs4CDghx
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Middleweight Daniel Rodriguez scored a unanimous decision victory over Kevin Holland in an absolute wild fight at UFC 318 this past weekend (Sat., July
21, 2025) inside Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, La.
Following the pay-per-view (PPV) event and after he got transported to the hospital, Holland accused Rodriguez on social media of being slippery during their insane scrap.
“That boy was like a soap bar but good boxing,” Holland wrote. Sorry for all the parlays we fooked up.”
That boy was like a soap bar but good boxing sorry for all the parlays we fooked up
— Kevin Holland (@Trailblaze2top) July 20, 2025
Today (Mon., July 21, 2025), “D-Rod” responded to the allegations during an interview with Ariel Helwani.
“He said I was slippery and I was hard to grab, but that’s sweat, bro,” Rodriguez said. “I’m assuming [he thought I was greasing], but there weren’t too many grappling exchanges, other than in the 3rd round when he went for the choke, but he didn’t even have it at the right angle. I was able to just turn my body, get my shoulder out, and ended up back on top.”
“I think that’s what might be what he’s referring to, but like I said, I was just sweating,” Rodriguez added. “One thing I did do, though, as kind of a strategy, was I shaved my head. My head was freshly shaved. I knew if he tried to get me in the d’arce, I’d slip my head out real slick.”
This isn’t the first and won’t be the last time a fighter gets accused of being very slippery during a UFC fight.
Nevertheless, Rodriguez is back on a three-fight winning streak after dropping three straight fights to Neil Magny, Ian Machado Garry, and Kelvin Gastelum.
For complete UFC 318 results, coverage and highlights click HERE.
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