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Three-time All-American wrestler Jarod Trice signs MMA contract

Junior 285-pounder Jarod Trice wrestles VMI's Joshua Wine during the NCAA Wrestling Championships Thursday afternoon in Philadelphia Penn. Trice beat Wine in overtime with a decision of 3-1.

Jarod Trice's wrestling days are over.

The three-time NCAA All-American wrestler and former Chippewa will try his hand at Mixed Marshal Arts starting sometime this year.

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Bellator MMA, an MMA promotion company based in California founded in 2008, announced Trice's first MMA deal on Monday, May 2. — an exclusive, multi-fight contract.

"I think I've experienced everything I could possibly do in wrestling so far," Trice said.