{"id":119475,"date":"2014-11-17T15:26:01","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T23:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=119475"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:09:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:09:58","slug":"duke-roufus-responds-criticism-training-methods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/duke-roufus-responds-criticism-training-methods\/","title":{"rendered":"Duke Roufus responds to criticism of training methods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/duke-roufus-responds-criticism-training-methods\/roufus-header-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-119477\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Roufus-header.png\" alt=\"Roufus header\" width=\"549\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-119477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Roufus-header.png 549w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Roufus-header-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Roufus-header-360x250.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Renowned striking coach Duke Roufus is taking the offensive against former pupils, and coaches who claim his training methods were unjustifiably harsh.<\/p>\n<p>Roufus spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2014\/11\/duke-roufus-responds-to-team-members-allegations-as-other-fighters-chime-in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie <\/a> about the criticism, saying:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYou know, when I see Rose and (former UFC fighter) Pat Barry, they don\u2019t seem disgruntled.  They\u2019re very nice to me. Pat asked me advice at the last Glory (kickboxing) event. Rose came and trained at our gym in spring. Eric Schafer, I know we\u2019ve had some issues. I\u2019ve tried to reach out ever since he left Roufusport, and he didn\u2019t want to ever sit down and chat with me. It\u2019s tough.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest criticisms against Roufus is that fighters were instructed to intentionally go hard against training partners, that in some cases resulted in injuries (Read that <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighters-speak-duke-roufus-following-fighters-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Roufus countered those claims by saying:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI think they left in 2010.  It\u2019s 2014. If you look at the results of what the kids are doing right now, and just the evolution of MMA, things have changed. Back then, I don\u2019t think we embraced strength and conditioning as much. We were trying to spar ourselves into shape. My philosophy now, four short years later, is completely opposite of that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned striking coach Duke Roufus is taking the offensive against former pupils, and coaches who claim his training methods were unjustifiably harsh. Roufus spoke to MMAJunkie about the criticism, saying: \u201cYou know, when I see Rose and (former UFC fighter) Pat Barry, they don\u2019t seem disgruntled. They\u2019re very nice to me. 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