Ryan Couture Ryan Couture ’s brief time in the UFC was filled with controversy and marred by pre-existing bad blood between his family and his promoter. Couture (9-3 MMA, 1-0 BMMA), who fights Dakota Cochrane (18-7 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) on Friday’s Spike TV-televised Bellator 135 main card at Winstar World Casino in Thackerville, Okla., came to the UFC as a 6-1 lightweight when Strikeforce was shuttered. The son of UFC legend Randy Couture, Ryan also had to deal with much of the baggage that came with the years-long feud between his father and UFC President Dana White. White made it clear that Couture’s father would not be allowed to corner him for any fights, and many felt Couture’s first UFC fight, against then 14-6 Ross Pearson, was an unfairly difficult matchup for someone so young into his professional career. “I thought that was a fair matchup coming off a win over someone as established as K.J
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