Tonight's UFC Vegas 7 main card started off with a welterweight fight between Daniel Rodriguez and Dwight Grant, in a fight that came to fruition for both fighters after a crazy 24 hours for both men, respectively. Heading into tonight's card, Daniel Rodriguez was scheduled for a fight against Takashi Sato, however, the latter had to pull out from the card and Rodriguez instead agreed to fight Grant, who also lost his opponent in the lead-up to the fight.Daniel Rodriguez finishes Dwight Grant at UFC Vegas 7In the main card opener of tonight's UFC Vegas 7, Daniel Rodriguez got the job done over Dwight Grant after the two welterweights engaged in absolute war right from the get-go. Grant started-off the fight in a huge manner for himself, as he almost immediately got the job done with a lightning-quick finish by landing an early knockdown but wasn't able to secure the finish despite following up with a flurry of strikes.RALLY COMPLETE! 🗣 Daniel Rodriguez DROPS Grant to close RD 1.The action keeps rolling on #ESPNPlus pic.twitter.com/YbJkB30gNN— UFC (@ufc) August 23, 2020Daniel Rodriguez managed to survive and quickly turned things around for him by catching Grant with a punch and pouring in with further punishment, up until the point when he brutally put the former Contender Series away with a devastating knockout for the win in the first round of the fight.After his win, Daniel Rodriguez was pretty vocal about his win, as he said the following:“That was intense. We were slinging them. That’s how I do.”Daniel Rodriguez's 2020:💪 Tim Means🤚 Gabriel Green👊 Dwight GrantNot a bad start to your rookie year. #UFCVegas7 pic.twitter.com/qzZgrznfc1— UFC (@ufc) August 23, 2020With the win, Daniel Rodriguez now extends his winning run in the UFC and it remains to be seen if D-Rod will be getting himself a higher-ranked opponent after securing that impressive first-round win over Dwight Grant, despite being lit-up in the opening stages of the fight. Things have panned out quite nicely for Daniel Rodriguez in 2020, as he picked up his third win of the year, with that big W at UFC Vegas 7.