{"id":305133,"date":"2019-03-11T08:07:59","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T15:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=305133"},"modified":"2019-03-11T08:08:01","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T15:08:01","slug":"coach-duke-roufus-discusses-tyron-woodleys-road-back-to-the-welterweight-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/coach-duke-roufus-discusses-tyron-woodleys-road-back-to-the-welterweight-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach Duke Roufus discusses Tyron Woodley&#8217;s road back to the welterweight title"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tyron Woodley is no longer the UFC welterweight champion. After four title defenses, he was dethroned by Kamaru Usman at UFC 235.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While this was a tough outcome for the former champion, his coach, Duke Roufus, is optimistic it&#8217;s a setback they can rebound from. He&#8217;s helped other fighters do so in the past. He&#8217;s even done so himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJust licking some wounds and picking up the pieces from Mr. Woodley\u2019s loss. But that\u2019s what this thing is all about. You\u2019ve got to be a great loser as a great winner, as well,\u201d Roufus said on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MMAjunkie Radio (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2019\/03\/tyron-woodley-coach-no-excuses-kamaru-usman-loss-ufc-235\" target=\"_blank\">MMAjunkie Radio<\/a>. \u201cTough night for Tyron, but here\u2019s the thing: What I got going for me, I was a world champion that\u2019s been defeated and had bad nights. My older brother was a 10-time world champion, been defeated, had bad nights. And I\u2019ve done it with other fighters. 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