Nick Rodriguez makes every round start with a takedown
UFC BJJ's rapid-cut highlight repeats the same opening move across three rounds, drawing far more views than its usual Shorts.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 40,897 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (3,544).
Right out the gates 💨 Nick Rodriguez wasted no time getting to work at UFC BJJ 13!
The referee gives the signal, and Nick Rodriguez is already heading across the mat. His opponent goes down. Cut to the next round, and Rodriguez does it again.
UFC BJJ's highlight from UFC BJJ 13 stitches together those explosive starts rather than following one long exchange. Each restart brings another charge, with the final sequence taking Rodriguez into top control. There is little room between the referee's invitation and the wrestling that follows.
The Short drew an estimated 41,000 views in its first day, compared with roughly 3,500 for the channel's usual Short. It follows another UFC BJJ 13 highlight featuring William Tackett turning a scramble into back control, as we reported here.
One viewer picks out Rodriguez's growing comfort in the bowl-shaped competition area. The clip gives that observation a concrete focus: he wastes none of the opening space, closing the distance as soon as each round begins.
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What viewers say
Nicky Rod seems like he's getting more comfortable in the bowl/pit. He's scary 😂
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- Channel
- UFC BJJ
- Subscribers
- 112,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 1,309,457
- Channel views, pace per day
- 62,698 (on a normal day: 182,572)
- Video published
- November 2, 2026
- Video views so far
- 49,193 (2 days online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 39,928
The numbers
Rodriguez's quick-start takedown reel drew an unusually large first-day audience for UFC BJJ's Shorts.
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