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Falling Action: Best and Worst of Strikeforce Challengers 10

Filed under: StrikeforceUsually when I’m watching MMA fights on TV, I don’t want to risk a bathroom break in the middle of a fight for fear of missing something important. But with last night’s Strikeforce 135-pound women’s tournament and its three-min…

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Usually when I’m watching MMA fights on TV, I don’t want to risk a bathroom break in the middle of a fight for fear of missing something important. But with last night’s Strikeforce 135-pound women’s tournament and its three-minute rounds, I felt like I was always just one especially long sneeze away from missing the entire fight.

Not that I don’t understand the thinking behind the abbreviated tournament bouts. If you have to fight twice in the span of an hour, maybe you appreciate an outing that’s more appetizer than entrée.

That is, unless you lose a decision because you got taken down twice and there wasn’t much time to do anything else that might negate that. Then you probably feel like you got screwed, and you also probably feel like you need to hit the treadmill afterwards just so you can get a full workout in.

More SF Challengers 10 Aftermath: Riggs, Randy’s Kid Beat Guys We’ve Never Heard Of

("So, what’s your dad do? He’s in risk management? That’s cool, I guess." PicProps: Strikeforce)
The most shocking fact to emerge from Strikeforce Challengers 10 on Friday? Joe Riggs and Ryan Couture are the same age. Actually, Couture is a m…

("So, what’s your dad do? He’s in risk management? That’s cool, I guess." PicProps: Strikeforce)

The most shocking fact to emerge from Strikeforce Challengers 10 on Friday? Joe Riggs and Ryan Couture are the same age. Actually, Couture is a month older. Yet while the fresh-faced Couture made his professional debut last night, Riggs – who is about as grizzled and world weary as a dude under 30 can possibly be – was taking part in bout No. 44 of his nine-year career. Luckily for both, they were fighting opponents brought in specifically to chum the waters.

If you had complicated feelings about Couture’s first-ever pro fight airing on national television, you weren’t alone. On one hand, nobody likes Jacob Dylan. On the other hand, it feels a little unseemly to harbor a grudge against a guy as apparently likeable as the younger Couture just because he won some kind of genetic MMA lottery. Luckily, Ryno solved our emotional torment for us in just a minute, 15 seconds last night, proving he belonged in the cage with a glossy smooth triangle choke victory over local boy Lucas Stark.

Strikeforce Live Blog: Ryan Couture vs. Lucas Stark Updates

Filed under: StrikeforceThis is the Strikeforce live blog for Ryan Couture vs. Lucas Stark, a lightweight bout on tonight’s Strikeforce Challengers 10 card from the Dodge Theater in Phoenix, Ariz.

Couture and Stark are both making their professional M…

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This is the Strikeforce live blog for Ryan Couture vs. Lucas Stark, a lightweight bout on tonight’s Strikeforce Challengers 10 card from the Dodge Theater in Phoenix, Ariz.

Couture and Stark are both making their professional MMA debuts.

The live blog is below.

Ryan Couture Wins Pro MMA Debut in Impressive Fashion

In his long mixed martial arts career, Randy Couture has never finished a fight with a triangle choke. But his son, Ryan Couture, used a triangle to win his professional MMA debut on Friday night, submitting Lucas Stark at the Strikeforce Challengers s…

“That’s my favorite, for sure,” Couture said of the triangle, noting that his father doesn’t use the move because “he doesn’t spend much time on his back.”

Strikeforce Challengers Preview and Predictions

Filed under: StrikeforceFriday night’s Strikeforce Challengers 10 card offers something that the vast majority of American MMA fans have never seen: A one-night, four-woman tournament, with all three tournament fights shown live. For that, if nothing e…

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Friday night’s Strikeforce Challengers 10 card offers something that the vast majority of American MMA fans have never seen: A one-night, four-woman tournament, with all three tournament fights shown live. For that, if nothing else, the card is well worth a few hours of your time. Throw in the pro debut of Ryan Couture and the return to action of Joe Riggs, and it’s a worthy card from top to bottom.

Ryan Couture Enters the Family Business, On His Own Terms

Filed under: Strikeforce, FanHouse ExclusiveRyan Couture was about 14 years old when he heard his father Randy was going to compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. It was the spring of 1997, Ryan was a ninth-grader, and the sport — then more co…

Filed under: Strikeforce, FanHouse Exclusive

Ryan Couture was about 14 years old when he heard his father Randy was going to compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. It was the spring of 1997, Ryan was a ninth-grader, and the sport — then more commonly referred to as “No Holds Barred” or NHB — was still in its wild west infancy.

“It definitely took some getting used to when I saw the videos of him fighting and hitting people,” he told MMA Fighting. “That was kind of freaky for me at first, but I got over it pretty quick. The more I learned about the sport, the more I grew to love it.”

It would take years, but Ryan would eventually find his own path towards the sport, and on Aug. 13, he’ll become the first son to follow a high-profile father into major MMA when he makes his pro debut on the Strikeforce Challengers 10 show.

Mixed martial arts is a young man’s game, and a young game itself, and because of the combination, we’ve yet to see many legacies passed along from father to son. Other sports have seen countless generations roam their fields and playing surfaces. Baseball had the Bondses and Griffeys, football had the Mannings and Winslows, baseball had the Bryants and Waltons, hockey had the Hulls and Howes.