{"id":80908,"date":"2014-01-08T05:59:18","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T13:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=80908"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:17:59","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:17:59","slug":"couture-returns-to-mma-action-jan-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/couture-returns-to-mma-action-jan-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Couture Returns To MMA Action Jan 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ryan-randy-couture.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-70059\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ryan-randy-couture-300x207.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ryan-randy-couture-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ryan-randy-couture-361x250.png 361w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ryan-randy-couture.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It has to be hard being the son of Randy Couture (UFC Hall of Famer, former two-division UFC Champion and movie star), but Ryan Couture started to make a name of his own when he compiled a 6-1 record in Strikeforce before the promotion was purchased by Zuffa.<\/p>\n<p>Couture looked to ride that momentum when he entered into the UFC, but after losing his first two fights he was cut.<\/p>\n<p>Now, on January 18, he looks to make his return to the cage. This time instead of the UFC Couture will be fighting in BattleGrounds MMA, a smaller promotion run by Blackzilians&#8217; coach Kenny Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Couture will be fighting Kyle Sjafiroeddin in the main event at &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/battlegroundsmma.com\/bgmma-3-is-coming-to-riverwind-hotel-casino-on-jan-18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BattleGrounds MMA 3<\/a>&#8216;, which is scheduled to take place at the Riverwind Hotel and Casino in Norman, Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<p>The fights will not be televised, but if you live in that area and decide to go you just might see a certain famous father (Randy).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has to be hard being the son of Randy Couture (UFC Hall of Famer, former two-division UFC Champion and movie star), but Ryan Couture started to make a name of his own when he compiled a 6-1 record in Strikeforce before the promotion was purchased by Zuffa. Couture looked to ride that momentum when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":70059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10086],"tags":[7222,11,649,745,803,864,15,16,1098],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Couture Returns To MMA Action Jan 18 | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/couture-returns-to-mma-action-jan-18\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Couture Returns To MMA Action Jan 18 | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It has to be hard being the son of Randy Couture (UFC Hall of Famer, former two-division UFC Champion and movie star), but Ryan Couture started to make a name of his own when he compiled a 6-1 record in Strikeforce before the promotion was purchased by Zuffa. 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