Before he squares off against Lee Higgins tonight at Strikeforce Challengers 14, undefeated prospect Ryan Couture sat down with US Combat Sports to discuss the upcoming fight, returning after injury, and his overall goals in within the sport.

In preparation for their upcoming Strikeforce: Challengers bout tomorrow night Lyle "Fancy Pants" Beerbohm, Lee Higgins, and Carlo Prater all took part in a workout open to the media yesterday at the South Austin Gym. Check out all of the best photos from the training session.

Ryan Couture, son of former multi-divisional UFC Champion Randy Couture, is looking to make his own name in MMA. He will take on Houston area fighter Lee Higgins in his second pro fight at Strikeforce: Austin on March 18. He does realize, however, that getting out from his father's shadow is going to take quite a while.

Mixed martial artist Keith "The Dean of Mean" Jardine has seen his share of ups and downs throughout nearly a decade of professional fighting. After career defining victories over Forrest Griffin and Chuck Liddell, the Albuquerque native suffered a stretch of losses that ultimately got him released from the UFC. Now, Jardine looks to rebound his career with an impressive performance against Aron Lofton at the Fresquez/Mean 1 "Double Threat" event on March 4.

While today’s media teleconference for UFC 127 Penn vs. Fitch was supposed to be to hype up the upcoming pay-per-view next weekend, more questions were answered as to how big the sport of mixed martial arts is really becoming.