“"Nicky Rod" - short for Nick Rodriguez. Nicholas is also named The Black Belt Slayer, a nickname that was born from his early days in the sport, a time when he was already beating veteran black belts in competition.”
Belt
Black
Nationality
US(North America)
Born
1996
Team
B-Team
Biography
Nick Rodriguez, commonly known as Nicky Rod, is a professional grappler - no-gi jiu-jitsu specialist - and former amateur wrestler who worked extensively with coaches Jay Regalbuto as well as John Danaher while representing the Renzo Gracie Academy-Danaher Death Squad team(s) early in his career and later helped form B-Team, a workgroup he co-founded with a few of his DDS colleagues. Rodriguez first made waves in the sport as a blue belt, a time when he conquered a silver medal at the ADCC World Championships (2019), arguably the toughest submission-grappling event in the sport, a privilege only achieved by a handful of athletes before him.