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Olympic champion Jordan Burroughs explains why he never made the move from wrestling to MMA

When Jordan Burroughs was preparing for the 2012 Olympic games, the two-time NCAA wrestling champion was already considering a future that would lead him to mixed martial arts.

At the time, he was seeing a mass exodus of top wrestlers moving over to MMA including former teammates and opponents as well as ex-Olympians like Daniel Cormier. Because wrestling has struggled to find strong financial footing over the years, Burroughs believed a move to fighting would provide him with a better living while also allowing him to remain an active competitor.

According to Burroughs, he definitely considered a fighting career more than once but it turns out there was somebody in his life who had other ideas when it came to his athletic future.