The freestyle wrestler many consider to be the best ever produced by the U.S. has to admit there are times when a career in mixed martial arts seems mighty appealing. Like when Conor McGregor showed up on “Fight Island” for UFC 257 . “I follow Conor McGregor on Instagram,” Jordan Burroughs said on a recent edition of “The Jim Rome Show.” “I see him pull up with a new Rolex and a Bentley, driving a Lamborghini to practice, riding a yacht to Abu Dhabi to ‘Fight Island,’ I’m like, ‘Damn I should have followed.’” And besides, there is certainly a template for the jump from the mats to the cage, as sometimes it seems like the most reliable pipeline to UFC gold. “It’s an interesting dynamic, because I think I could really translate well,” Burroughs said. “Most of the champions in MMA are former wrestlers – Kamaru Usman, Henry Cejudo, Jon Jones, Daniel Cormier
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