Family motivation, Tristar training pushing Ryan Ford for Bellator 79 fight with Kyle Baker

There are downsides to training far from home. Ryan Ford knows this, and his family does, too.

But the upside for him is that if you’re going to be away from your comfort zone, you might as well do it with some of the best in the world.

And that’s just what Ford believes he’s doing now that he has taken up with the team at Tristar Gym in Montreal.