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  • Pat Barry Speaks Openly About Dennis Munson Jr.’s Death and Rofusport- Exclusive

    Pat Barry Speaks Openly About Dennis Munson Jr.’s Death and Rofusport- Exclusive

    Back in March of this year, amateur kick-boxer Dennis Munson Jr. died hours after his debut fight in Milwaukee. Since his death, a select few have come forward to speak out about the situation and about his team, Roufusport, led by Duke Roufus. Those few being current TUF contestant Rose Namajunas and her fiancé, former […]

  • Pettis defends Roufus: “When you attack one of us you attack all of us”

    Pettis defends Roufus: “When you attack one of us you attack all of us”

    UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis has found his longtime friend, and coach, Duke Roufus under fire from critics for his training methods in the wake of Dennis Munson Jr’s death. Pettis spoke to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel to defend his coach in an interview transcribed by MMAFighting. “The thing that gets to me is that […]

  • QUICK TWITT: Duke Roufus bars journalist from Anthony Pettis press conference

    Recently Duke Roufus has caught backlash in the MMA community from former students, fighters who once trained under him, and former instructors for his training methods following the death of Dennis Munson Jr. John Diedrich of the Milwaukee Sentinel wrote a very thorough article regarding Munson’s death, which has prompted Roufus to bar the journalist […]

  • Namajunas explains why she speaks out against Roufus

    Namajunas explains why she speaks out against Roufus

    Following the death of Dennis Munson Jr. in his first Muay Thai fight, Rose Namajunas spoke out about Duke Roufus, and the training methods at Roufusport. Following her lead, former students, instructors, and fighters spoke up about the methods used by Roufusport, and why they disagreed with them. She spoke to MMAJunkie about why she […]

  • Askren defends Duke Roufus: “Duke’s great to me”

    Askren defends Duke Roufus: “Duke’s great to me”

    ONE FC welterweight champion Ben Askren has spent time training with Roufusport head coach Duke Roufus, and as a result, is defending Roufus’ training methods which have been criticized recently after the death of Dennis Munson Jr. Since Munson’s death, UFC fighters, former students, and even instructors have all opened up about Roufus’ training methods, […]