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Chase Beebe

Chase Beebe
Born (1985-03-29) March 29, 1985 (age 31)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Other names The Rage
Nationality American
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight 135 lb (61 kg; 9.6 st)
Division Bantamweight
Featherweight
Reach 67.0 in (170 cm)
Fighting out of Chicago, Illinois, United States
Team Gilbert Grappling
Years active 2006–present
Mixed martial arts record
Total 38
Wins 24
By knockout 1
By submission 17
By decision 6
Losses 13
By knockout 3
By submission 3
By decision 7
Draws 1
Other information
Notable relatives Carson Beebe, brother
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Chase Beebe (born March 29, 1985) is an American professional mixed martial artist from Chicago, Illinois. He has recently fought for the World Extreme Cagefighting organization, where he was the Bantamweight Champion. He lost that belt on February 13, 2008, to fellow Midwestern MMA fighter Miguel Torres. Beebe trains at Gilbert Grappling in Country Club Hills, IL.

Prior to MMA, Chase was a successful wrestler. He was a four-time Illinois State Champion for Montini Catholic in Lombard, Illinois.

Beebe made his WEC debut on March 24, 2007 at WEC 26: Condit vs. Alessio against Eddie Wineland for the WEC Bantamweight Championship, Beebe won via unanimous decision. On September 5, 2007, Beebe defended the WEC Bantamweight Championship against Rani Yahya at WEC 30 winning via unanimous decision.

Beebe was defeated by fellow Chicago native Miguel Torres losing the WEC Bantamweight Championship at WEC 32 via guillotine choke submission in round one. On June 1, 2008, Beebe was defeated by Will Ribeiro via split decision, following back to back loses Beebe was released by the WEC.

Chase was scheduled to fight Mike Easton for the UWC Bantamweight title on February 21, 2009. However, he failed to show up at the official weigh-in the day before and was scratched from the card. Beebe allegedly sustained a knee injury that hampered his training and ability to reduce his weight to the contractually-set limit of 135 pounds. Chase was replaced by Justin Robbins.


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