{"id":596326,"date":"2026-04-09T19:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T19:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/596326\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T19:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T19:46:09","slug":"cub-swanson-was-convinced-to-fight-at-ufc-327-by-late-duke-roufus-it-was-the-perfect-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/596326\/","title":{"rendered":"Cub Swanson was convinced to fight at UFC 327 by late Duke Roufus: &#8216;It was the perfect time&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cub Swanson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/cub-swanson\/manager-cub-swanson-set-to-end-legendary-career-at-ufc-327\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will ride off into the sunset<\/a> at UFC 327, and the late Duke Roufus convinced him to enter the Octagon one more time.<\/p>\n<p>Swanson had been considering retirement after his third-round knockout win over Billy Quarantillo at UFC Tampa back in late 2024. Before making his final decision, Swanson sought out the opinions of two renowned coaches. One was Roufus, and the other was Ray Longo, Swanson revealed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/ufc\/481126\/cub-swanson-reveals-how-the-late-duke-roufus-helped-convinced-him-to-have-one-last-fight-at-ufc-327\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MMAFighting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, I mean, it was kind of the fairy tale ending,\u201d Swanson said. \u201cThat\u2019s what really made me like, \u2018Man, I\u2019m really happy with this. I\u2019m really content.\u2018 But I definitely, when I\u2019m thinking about it going, \u2018Man, if I could do it one more time, it\u2019d be even more badass.\u2018<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then, funny enough, I asked Ray Longo and and Duke Roufus \u2014 rest in peace \u2014 two opposing coaches that I respect and I said, \u2018Hey, what do you think?\u2019 And they both told me, \u2018Cub, you look great. Why stop? You beat half of this roster, no problem.\u2019 And so, taking their advice, I really thought about it, and because I think a lot about a lot of things in life when I\u2019m making these decisions. I take it very seriously. So I was in the gym and I\u2019ve been performing well and I trained with really good guys, so I know I still have it and then all of those things lined up, so it was the perfect time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roufus passed away on Oct. 17, 2025. He helped train several marquee fighters including Anthony and Sergio Pettis, Tyron Woodley, Ben Askren, and many more.<\/p>\n<p>When Swanson competes for the final time in his pro MMA career, he\u2019ll be standing across from Nate<br \/>Landwehr. In his last two fights, Landwehr has been stopped. He\u2019s in search of his first win since March 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Cub Swanson gets the win in his final MMA clash on Saturday at UFC 327? Share your thoughts in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cub Swanson will ride off into the sunset at UFC 327, and the late Duke Roufus convinced him&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":596327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-596326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}