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Chase Gormley is an American

United States

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Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

. He is currently 7–3 (1) in MMA.

Biography

Chase began fighting at the age of 13, but did not turn pro until March 2007.

He attended Torrance High School and was a part of the winning league wrestling team. He went to college at Montana State University - Northern

Montana State University - Northern

Montana State University – Northern is a public state university, part of the Montana State University System, located in Havre, Montana. Montana State University – Northern was known as Northern Montana College prior to the restructuring of Montana's public university system...

and Lindenwood University

Lindenwood University

Lindenwood University, often referred to as Lindenwood or LU, is a private, coeducational, liberal arts university located in Saint Charles, Missouri, United States...

, where he was a NAIA All-American Wrestler.

On June 3, 2009, it was announced that Gormley would be facing former IFL star Ben Rothwell

Ben Rothwell

Ben Rothwell is an American mixed martial artist who competes as a heavyweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Mixed martial arts career:...

at Affliction: Trilogy
Affliction: Trilogy
Affliction: Trilogy was a mixed martial arts event scheduled to be promoted by Affliction Entertainment on August 1, 2009 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California....

, which was set to take place on August 1. However, after Affliction folded, the bout was reportedly moved to UFC 104

UFC 104

UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 24, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.-Background:...

, and Gormley's opponent was later changed to Stefan Struve. He lost to Struve by first round submission.

In his next UFC fight, Gormley faced Brendan Schaub

Brendan Schaub

Brendan Peter Schaub is an American professional mixed martial artist and former professional football player for the AFL's Utah Blaze and as a member of the Buffalo Bills practice squad. He was a finalist and the runner-up of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights.-Biography:Schaub was...

on March 21, 2010 at UFC LIVE: Vera vs. Jones

UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones

UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 21, 2010 in Broomfield, Colorado, United States at the 1stBank Center. This event was the UFC's debut on Versus...

. Gormley lost via first round TKO. He was cut from the UFC after the pair of back-to-back losses and he signed with Canadian promotion Maximum Fighting Championships.

Mixed martial arts record

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Las Vegas, Nevada

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, United States
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Las Vegas, Nevada

Mike Whitehead

Michael Joe Whitehead is a professional mixed martial arts fighter. He has fought in the light heavyweight and heavyweight weight classes for the UFC, IFL, Affliction, and Strikeforce.-Mixed martial arts career:...

International Fighting Championships

International Fighting Championships is an American mixed martial arts organization. Founded in 1996, the IFC was the vision of longtime martial artist and kickboxing promoter, Howard Petschler. Howard recognized that MMA would finally solve a lot of the problemsassociated with martial arts as a...

Heavyweight Championship
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Ryan Fortin
| Decision (unanimous)
|MFC 25

MFC 25

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Edmonton

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, Alberta

Alberta

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Brendan Schaub

|TKO (punches)
|UFC LIVE: Vera vs. Jones

UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones

Broomfield, Colorado

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Stefan Struve
|Submission (triangle choke)
|UFC 104

UFC 104

UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 24, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.-Background:...

Los Angeles, California

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, United States
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Eric Pele

Eric Pele is a retired American mixed martial artist and former King of the Cage superheavyweight champion. He is also an accomplished tattoo artist who appears on the reality television show "Inked" with nickname 'Big E'....

Edmonton

, Alberta

Alberta

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, Canada
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Rick Cheek

"Savage" Rick Cheek is an American Super Heavyweight kickboxer and mixed martial artist, from Santa Rosa, California. He's former IKF and WKA North American Super Heavyweight Muay Thai champion and former United States Air Force boxing champion.- Biography & career:Cheek started training...

Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...

, United States
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Sacramento, California

, United States
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Adolfo de la Torre
|TKO (punches)
|COF 9 - Durango
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| United States
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|Win
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San Francisco, California

San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...

, United States
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San Jacinto, California

San Jacinto is a city in Riverside County, California, U.S.A. It was named after Saint Hyacinth and is located at the north end of the San Jacinto Valley, with Hemet to its south. The mountains associated with the valley are the San Jacinto Mountains. The population was 44,199 at the 2010...

, United States
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