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MMAjunkie.com Radio goes prime time after tonight’s UFC 143 weigh-ins
and welcomes to the studio UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture, Strikeforce
champions Gilbert Melendez and Miesha Tate, and comedian/MMA fan Joey
“Coco” Diaz.

We also talk to ex-champ and MMA legend Tito Ortiz.

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A lightweight bout between Conor Heun and Ryan Couture has been added to March’s “Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey” event.

MMAjunkie.com today confirmed the bout with event sources.

“Strikeforce: Tate vs. Rousey” takes place March 3 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Columbus, and coincides with the annual Arnold Sports Festival.

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A rep for Randy Couture is emphatic that Alistair Overeem left Xtreme Couture of his own accord, and that his departure is unrelated to a previous non-disclosure agreement between the UFC Hall of Famer and Brock Lesnar.

“There was no contractual issue, but it was a relationship issue,” Sam Spira, Couture’s lawyer and business partner, said.

On Nov. 7 Overeem announced that he’d joined Xtreme Couture after his departure from longtime team Golden Glory. Ten days later, he left for Holland.

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Alistair Overeem has spent the bulk of his MMA career training on home soil in the Netherlands.

Now he’s switched things up in advance of what’s arguably the biggest fight of his career when he meets Brock Lesnar in the main event of December’s UFC 141 event. Instead of training with the fighters of his longtime team Golden Glory, he’s in Las Vegas training with Xtreme Couture.

“I’m just finding my way around,” Overeem said.

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Fantasy MMA has been around in many forms since the sport’s boom in the late 2000s.

Kountermove, a company backed in part by UFC Hall of Famer Randy
Couture, today launched a website that allows users to draft teams of
fighters with a $25,000 “salary cap” and compete against each other.

But in this new style of fantasy league, you can win real cash with your
picks, and winners aren’t necessarily the players that pick the most
winning fighters.

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UFC hall of famer Randy Couture spoke with Sherdog.com just after the release of his new film, “Setup.”

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Lorenz Larkin, Ryan Couture and Lavar Johnson were the top earners at Friday’s Strikeforce Challengers 19, each pocketing $10,000 in purse money for their efforts at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

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Headliner Lorenz Larkin ($10,000) and main-card winner Ryan Couture ($10,000) earned the largest disclosed paydays at this past weekend’s Strikeforce Challengers 19 event.

MMAjunkie.com today obtained the figures from the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

The total disclosed payroll for the Sept. 23 event was $92,500.

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If Ryan Couture inherited anything from his famous father, levelheadedness may be the biggest one.

Ryan, the son of UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture, returns Friday at Strikeforce Challengers 19 following the first loss of his pro career.

But if you think that the June defeat shook his foundation or prompted a fight-camp makeover, think again. Whether it’s in his blood or simply a life lesson he learned from his dad, Couture looks at the situation with clear eyes.

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If Ryan Couture inherited anything from his famous father, levelheadedness may be the biggest one.

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