Artur Rofi, a former MMA fighter, is charged with homicide after investigators say he stabbed his neighbor in Houston, claiming self-defense.
HOUSTON — A former skilled MMA fighter has been charged with homicide after investigators say he stabbed his 66-year-old neighbor to dying inside a Houston condo complicated, although he claims he acted in self-defense.
Artur Rofi, 41, appeared in courtroom shortly after his arrest for the deadly stabbing that occurred Saturday night at an condo complicated on Travis Road, simply north of Southwest Freeway close to downtown Houston.
Prosecutors say Rofi admitted to stabbing the sufferer, recognized by police Tuesday as Craley Johnson, however claimed the person attacked and stabbed him within the head first. Courtroom information point out the sufferer suffered no less than six stab wounds through the altercation.
“The defendant turned the knife inward and stabbed the complainant with it repeatedly,” a Justice of the Peace choose acknowledged throughout Rofi’s courtroom look.
Authorities found “a big pool of blood within the hallway” and “drag marks into the condo” on the crime scene, in keeping with courtroom paperwork.
Regardless of Rofi’s claims, prosecutors argue this was not a case of self-defense, pointing to a historical past of complaints towards Rofi from different residents, together with one from the sufferer himself.
“Officers positioned a number of reviews of terroristic risk,” a Justice of the Peace choose revealed.
The condo’s administration was reportedly within the strategy of evicting Rofi for making violent threats. A Justice of the Peace choose additionally point out he was the prime suspect in a earlier assault from March 23, 2025, when a 58-year-old man was allegedly hit within the head.
Rofi, who had solely lived within the condo for 4 months, is a former skilled fighter with a 7-1 file in blended martial arts. He’s at present being held on a $500,000 bond and is scheduled to look in courtroom once more in June.
KHOU 11 is wanting into why Rofi was not beforehand charged within the different reported incidents.
