Tag: Chase Hooper

Hall of Famer Clay Guida books UFC fight No. 37 vs. Chase Hooper

Chase Hooper was six years old when Hall of Famer Clay Guida made his UFC debut.

[autotag]Chase Hooper[/autotag] was three years old when [autotag]Clay Guida[/autotag] made his professional MMA debut.

Fast forward 21 years later. Hooper (14-3-1 MMA, 6-3 UFC) and Guida (38-24 MMA, 18-18 UFC) will collide in a three-round lightweight bout Dec. 7 at UFC 310. The event takes place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Both fighters confirmed the booking on social media after an initial post by X user @McGregorRousey2.

Hooper, 25, rides a three-fight winning streak into the matchup including wins over Nick Fiore, Jordan Leavitt, and Viacheslav Borshchev. Four of his five UFC wins have come inside the distance.

Guida, 42, enters his 37th UFC bout with a .500 promotional record. He was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2019 for his part in a classic battle against Diego Sanchez at The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale.

Despite his longevity in the promotion stretching back to UFC 64 in 2006, Guida has always found a way to bounce back after losing a fight or two. A loss in this bout for Guida would mark the first three-fight skid of his career.

With the addition, the UFC 310 lineup includes:

  • Dominick Reyes vs. Anthony Smith
  • Virna Jandiroba vs. Tatiana Suarez
  • Clay Guida vs. Chase Hooper

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Viacheslav Borshchev wants Chase Hooper rematch after UFC on ESPN 62 win: ‘I did not tap last fight’

Viacheslav Borshchev turns his attention back to Chase Hooper, claiming he never tapped in their first UFC showdown.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Viacheslav Borshchev[/autotag] wants his next fight to be one he’s already had.

Following his UFC on ESPN 62 win Saturday, Borshchev (8-4-1 MMA, 3-3-1 UFC) said his main goal is to re-up with the promotion on a new contract. It was unclear if his previous fight marked the end of a deal or if the next one will.

Regardless, Borshchev is fixated on trying to get a rematch of the fight prior, a submission loss to [autotag]Chase Hooper[/autotag] – one he said was not officiated properly.

“I really want a rematch with Chase Hooper,” Borshchev told MMA Junkie and other reporters at a post-fight news conference Saturday. “… I know I might not really deserve it yet because my last opponent was… I hope you enjoyed it, but it wasn’t that good as I expected. So I might need to deserve this rematch and I’m OK with this, as long as the UFC will give me this opportunity.”

The initial fight between Borshchev and Hooper (14-3-1 MMA, 6-3 UFC) took place in May. The official result was Hooper by second-round D’Arce choke. Borshchev appeared to slap the back of Hooper as the choke sank in and the two fighters rolled. Referee Keith Peterson saw the solo pat as a sign of submission and waved off the fight, but Borshchev immediately protested.

“With all respect to Chase, I wish him only the best, no complaining,” Borshchev said. “But I did not tap last fight. I know he knows it. I know it. I did not tap. This keeps bothering me but it also keeps me going.”

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UFC on ESPN 60 winner Trey Ogden eyes Chase Hooper: ‘I want to pick some of that low-hanging fruit’

Trey Ogden sees Chase Hooper as easy money in the UFC.

LAS VEGAS – [autotag]Trey Ogden[/autotag] sees [autotag]Chase Hooper[/autotag] as easy money.

Ogden (18-6 MMA, 5-3 UFC) notched his second consecutive win when he defeated Loik Radzhabov (18-6-1 MMA, 2-2 UFC) by unanimous decision in their lightweight bout Saturday at the UFC Apex.

Ogden thinks he’s been facing some tough opposition as of late and actually sees Hooper (14-3-1 MMA, 6-3 UFC) as a step down in competition.

“I want to fight Chase Hooper,” Ogden told MMA Junkie and other reporters at a post-fight news conference Saturday. “I keep calling this dude out. I’ve been calling him out for three fights. I think he is overrated, I don’t think he’s that good, and I want to pick some of that low-hanging fruit. … I’ll smash him easily. He’s not a scary dude for a change.”

With seven submissions to his name, Hooper has participated in numerous grappling competitions, some which have aired on UFC Fight Pass. Ogden is confident he’d run through Hooper on the ground and thinks he should be the one participating in big grappling tournaments.

“I’m three times a better grappler than him, minimum,” Ogden said. “And I mean that for real. I could knock him out on the feet. I could destroy him in the grappling, and I think after this fight, maybe my grappling will start to get some serious respect. After the Holobaugh fight and then this fight.

“I think that a fight against a guy like Chase Hooper, where his grappling is really respected, and then you could watch how easily I could run through him in the grappling. I think that would be a great fight for me to show that to the world and to the fanbase. It’s not personal. I think he has more fans than me, and I think he sucks. So I think it’s an easy fight. I’m probably the best grappler in the division. I should be on Fight Pass Invitationals. I can grapple at a professional level.”

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UFC on ESPN 56 Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay: 2024 total passes $3 million

UFC on ESPN 56 fighters took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay, a program that continued after the UFC’s deal with Venum.

ST. LOUIS – Fighters from Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 56 event took home UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance pay totaling $186,000.

The program, a comprehensive plan that includes outfitting requirements, media obligations and other items under the fighter code of conduct, replaces the previous payments made under the UFC Athlete Outfitting Policy.

UFC on ESPN 56 took place at Enterprise Arena. The card aired on ESPN and streamed on ESPN+.

The full UFC on ESPN 56 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts included:

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[autotag]Derrick Lewis[/autotag]: $21,000
def. [autotag]Rodrigo Nascimento[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Joaquin Buckley[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Nursulton Ruziboev[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Carlos Ulberg[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Alonzo Menifield[/autotag]: $11,000

[autotag]Diego Ferreira[/autotag]: $11,000
def. [autotag]Mateusz Rebecki[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Sean Woodson[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Alex Caceres[/autotag]: $21,000

[autotag]Waldo Cortes-Acosta[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Robelis Despaigne[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Chase Hooper[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Viacheslav Borshchev[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Esteban Ribovics[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Terrance McKinney[/autotag]: $6,000

[autotag]Tabatha Ricci[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Tecia Pennington[/autotag]: $16,000

[autotag]Trey Waters[/autotag]: $4,000
def. [autotag]Billy Ray Goff[/autotag]: $4,000

[autotag]Charles Johnson[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]Jake Hadley[/autotag]: $4,500

[autotag]Veronica Hardy[/autotag]: $6,000
def. [autotag]JJ Aldrich[/autotag]: $6,000

Under the UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance program’s payout tiers, which appropriate the money generated by Venum’s multi-year sponsorship with the UFC, fighters are paid based on their total number of UFC bouts, as well as Zuffa-era WEC fights (January 2007 and later) and Zuffa-era Strikeforce bouts (April 2011 and later). Fighters with 1-3 bouts receive $4,000 per appearance; 4-5 bouts get $4,560; 6-10 bouts get $6,000; 11-15 bouts earn $11,000; 16-20 bouts pocket $16,000; and 21 bouts and more get $21,000. Additionally, champions earn $56,000 while title challengers get $56,000.

In addition to experience-based pay, UFC fighters will receive in perpetuity royalty payments amounting to 20-56 percent of any UFC merchandise sold that bears their likeness, according to officials.

Full 2024 UFC Promotional Guidelines Compliance payouts:

Year-to-date total: $3,106,000
2023 total: $8,188,000
2022 total: $8,351,500
2021 total: $6,167,500
Program-to-date total: $25,843,000

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Chase Hooper def. Viacheslav Borshchev at UFC on ESPN 56: Best photos

Check out the best photos from Chase Hooper’s second-round submission win over Viacheslav Borshchev at UFC on ESPN 56.

Check out the best photos from [autotag]Chase Hooper[/autotag]’s second-round submission win over [autotag]Viacheslav Borshchev[/autotag] at UFC on ESPN 56 at Enterprise Center in St. Louis. (Fight and venue photos by Jeff Le, USA Today Sports)

UFC on ESPN 56 video: Chase Hooper scores first knockdown, submits Viacheslav Borshchev, calls out Paddy Pimblett

Chase Hooper showed he’s more than a submission-only guy at UFC on ESPN 56 when he scored a career first knockdown on Viacheslav Borshchev.

[autotag]Chase Hooper[/autotag] showed he’s more than a submission-only guy Saturday when he scored a career first by knocking down [autotag]Viacheslav Borshchev[/autotag] en route to victory at UFC on ESPN 56.

Viewed by most as having a significant striking disadvantage, Hooper (14-3-1 MMA, 6-3 UFC)came out and knocked Borshchev (7-4-1 MMA, 2-3-1 UFC) down early with a punch in the lightweight bout at Enterprise Center in St. Louis. “The Dream” pounced on his opponent and spent several minutes landing ground-and-pound as well as threatening with submissions.

Borshchev showed incredible resilience by surviving the round, but he mets his demise in the second. Hooper continued to maul him on the mat until locked in an D’Arce choke at the 3:00 mark of Round 2. Borshchev claimed he didn’t tap, but replay show he did and Hooper was announced the winner.

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Check out the replay of the knockdown and final sequence below (via X):

Now 3-0 since moving up to 155 pounds from featherweight in May 2023, Hooper said he’s looking upward in the division, and sees Paddy Pimblett as an interesting challenge.

“I’ve been working hard to show I belong here,” Hooper said in his post-fight interview with Michael Bisping. “Honestly, I think I’m moving my way up the lightweight division. There’s a certain British fellow (Paddy Pimblett) at 155. I didn’t like his performance against a legend (in Tony Ferguson).

Up-to-the-minute UFC on ESPN 56 results include:

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Matchup Roundup: New UFC, PFL, Bellator fights announced in the past week (Feb. 26-March 3)

Check out the UFC, PFL and Bellator fights that were first reported or confirmed by MMA Junkie in the past week.

MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels available, it’s nearly impossible to organize.

But here at MMA Junkie, we’ve got your back.

Each week, we’ll compile all the newly surfaced fights in one spot. Every Monday, expect a feature listing everything you might have missed from the UFC, PFL, and Bellator.

Here are the fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie or officially announced by the promotions from Feb. 26-March 3.

UFC adds Viacheslav Borshchev vs. Chase Hooper for May

UFC lightweights Viacheslav Borshchev and Chase Hooper will battle – but not at the UFC Apex.

[autotag]Viacheslav Borshchev[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Chase Hooper[/autotag] has been added to the UFC docket.

The three-round lightweight showdown is expected to take place at a UFC Fight Night event on May 11. The frontrunner location for the event is St. Louis.

Two people with knowledge of the matchup recently informed MMA Junkie of the booking but asked to remain anonymous as the promotion has yet to make an official announcement.

Borshchev (7-3-1 MMA, 2-2-1 UFC) enters the bout off a Fight of the Night bonus-earning draw vs. Nazim Sadykhov at UFC 295 in November. The thrilling bout moved him to 1-2-1 in his most recent four bouts.

Hooper (13-3-1 MMA, 5-3 UFC) went undefeated in 2023 at 2-0 with a unanimous decision win over Nick Fiore and a first-round submission of Jordan Leavitt.

With the addition, the UFC Fight Night lineup for May 11 includes:

  • Jake Hadley vs. Charles Johnson
  • Terrance McKinney vs. Esteban Ribovics
  • Alonzo Menifield vs. Carlos Ulberg
  • Tabatha Ricci vs. Tecia Torres
  • Matt Frevola vs. Michael Johnson
  • Jared Gooden vs. Kevin Jousset
  • Viacheslav Borshchev vs. Chase Hooper

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Aljamain Sterling expects fun ADXC 2 grappling match vs. Chase Hooper, aims to show ‘what jiu-jitsu is all about’

Aljamain Sterling hopes he and Chase Hooper can put on a show in the ADXC 2 headliner.

[autotag]Aljamain Sterling[/autotag] hopes he and [autotag]Chase Hooper[/autotag] can put on a show in the ADXC 2 headliner.

Sterling and Hooper will face off in a no-gi welterweight grappling match on Jan. 19 at Mubadala Arena in Abu Dhabi.

“The Funkmaster” was visibly upset after losing on points to Kevin Dantzler in the Fury Pro Grappling 8 main event less than two weeks ago, ripping the scoring system. Sterling criticized Dantzler for laying on his back but doesn’t expect Hooper to take a similar inactive approach – or at least he hopes not.

“Chase is long, he’s wiry, he’s got unorthodox attacks and things like that, so I think that’s what’s going to make him tough,” Sterling told MMA Junkie. “I don’t know how strong he is. I know he’s going up a weight class, 155 now. He beat Jordan Leavitt who’s a pretty solid grappler, someone I’ve grappled with out here in Vegas multiple times. I was pretty impressed with what he was able to do. But, yeah, I expect him to make it an entertaining match.

“I’m not expecting him to go out there and full-on wrestle me. I would like to go for some kind of submission, get some scrambles going. I just would like for it to be a high-paced, fun matchup to get people who have never watched jiu-jitsu, and they’re either fans of myself or Chase, to get them to want to tune in and buy in to see what jiu-jitsu is all about and what it can be. So, hopefully that’s what we get to give the fans.”

Former 135-pound champion Sterling makes his featherweight debut against Calvin Kattar at UFC 300 on April 13. Grappling a larger opponent in Hooper will serve as valuable prep for Sterling as he ventures into a new weight class.

“100 percent,” Sterling said. “I don’t think Calvin Kattar’s going to be as flexible as Chase Hooper and as well-versed in grappling as Chase Hooper, but I think this gives me the body type, it gives me the body weight to compete against, the height.

“So, I get to see all these different things with someone who actually knows what they’re really doing in these positions and they’re actually a threat of finishing submission moves against myself. So, this is all about getting prepped for the main goal which is UFC 300.”

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Aljamain Sterling vs. Chase Hooper grappling match headlines ADXC 2 on Jan. 19

Aljamain Sterling has booked himself another grappling match.

[autotag]Aljamain Sterling[/autotag] has booked another grappling match.

Submission specialists Sterling and [autotag]Chase Hooper[/autotag] will face off in a no-gi welterweight bout to headline ADXC 2 on Jan. 19 at Mubadala Arena in Abu Dhabi. A person with knowledge of the matchup confirmed the booking to MMA Junkie but asked to remain anonymous since the promotion has yet to make an official announcement.

Former UFC bantamweight champion Sterling currently is slated to face Kevin Dantzler in the Fury Pro Grappling 8 headliner Dec. 30 at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia. The event streams on UFC Fight Pass.

Sterling competed in a grappling match this past September and defeated ex-UFC fighter Mike Grundy by unanimous decision at Polaris 25 in Wales. “The Funkmaster” currently is gearing up for his featherweight debut – a decision he made official shortly after he lost the bantamweight title to Sean O’Malley at UFC 292 in August.

Hooper has grappled twice under the Fury Pro Grappling banner. He lost a decision to UFC lightweight Renato Moicano in December 2021, then submitted longtime UFC fighter Clay Guida with a calf slicer this past December at Fury Pro Grappling 6. The  24-year-old also has his first winning streak in the octagon after back-to-back wins over Nick Fiore and Jordan Leavitt.

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