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Coach Recalls Talking Khalil Rountree Out of Retirement Early in MMA Career

According to John Wood, Khalil Rountree came pretty close to calling it quits before his career could really pick up momentum.

“I think, it was you know, third or fourth fight, he was talking to me about wanting to retire and going to construction,” the Syndicate MMA coach recently said on Daniel Cormier’s YouTube channel. “He’s like, ‘Yeah, I think I got this good construction job. It’s gonna pay money.’ I said ‘Whoa, whoa, bro, no no no.’ I was like, ‘Just give me a year. Give me a year and I promise you do whatever I’ll support you after that.