List Of UFC Fighters From Chicago

Belal Muhammad is an American MMA fighter competing in the UFC Welterweight division. He started his journey as a professional UFC fighter in 2012, he has also competed for Bellator and Titan FC.

He was born and raised in Chicago on 9 July 1988. He is number 2 in the UFC welterweight rankings as of now.

Not only that but he represents a different fight club. He fought for  Roufusport from 2013 to till date. Muhammad also worked for the Chicago fight team from 2010 to the present. 

In his early days, he wrestled at Bogan High School but he did not complete a degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. 

• Nickname: Remember the Name
• Weight Class: Welterweight 
• Pro MMA Record: 23-3-0, 1 NC (win-loss-draw)
• Current Streak: 9 wins
• Team: Roufusport (2013-present)
• Active Years: 2012-Present

Clay Guida is an American professional MMA fighter who is currently signed to the UFC competing in the Lightweight division.

He started as a professional fighter in 2003, He also formerly competed for Strikeforce, the WEC, King of the Cage, and Shooto. Guida was the inaugural Strikeforce Lightweight Champion.

Clay made his professional fighting debut in 2003 after losing via rear naked choke in the first round. After compiling a record of 3-3, he then won his next 15 consecutive fights before losing via submission at a King of the Cage event in February 2006. 

Furthermore, he was successful in his UFC debut and he garnered attention for his three-round split decision loss to Tyson Griffin at UFC 72.

Championships and Accomplishments 

• Strikeforce
• Ultimate Fighting Championship 
• FIGHT! Magazine
• World MMA awards
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter
• Tequila CAZADORES Spirit Award

Ricardo Lamas is an American former professional mixed martial artist who competed in Featherweight in the UFC.

In his early career, he graduated with a degree in exercise science from Elmhurst College in 2005 where he was a member of the wrestling team and earned All-American honors at the NCAA Division III Mens Wrestling Championships. 

Lamas started his fighting journey in the world of extreme Cagefighting and he made his WEC debut on 1 March 2009 against IFL and WEC veteran Bart Palaszewski. 

He took the fight with 4 days' notice as he replaced an injured Rich Crunkilton. WEC merged with the Ultimate Fighting Championship in October 2010. As a part of the merger, all the fighters from WEC were transferred to the UFC. 

• Nickname: The Bully
• Division: Featherweight, Lightweight
• Team: MMA Masters (2009-Present)
• Rank: Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
• Active Years: 2008-2020

Danny Sabatello is an American fighter who competes in the Bantamweight division of Bellator MMA. He is #6 in the Bellator Bantamweight Rankings as of 30 July 2022. 

In his early MMA career, Danny submitted Ray Paige in the first round of his MMA debut in 2018 and would go on to defeat his next 4 fighting opponents in Florida. 

Making his debut for Titan FC at Titan FC 56, he defeated Philip Keller via TKO stoppage in the first round. 

Not only that but he faced Brett Johns as a replacement for Matheus Mattos on 21 May 2021 at Bellator 259. He won the bout via unanimous decision. 

• Nickname: The Italian Gangster
• Weight Class:  Bantamweight 
• Pro MMA Record: 14-4-0 (Win-Loss-Draw)
• Current Streak: 2 Losses
• Team: American Top Team
• Active Years: 2018-Present

Louis Taylor is currently competing in the welterweight division of the Professional Fighters League. He has also formerly competed for Strikeforce and Bellator since 2007. He is the first PFL Middleweight Tournament champion.

Taylor had three amateur fights before making his pro debut in 2007 as a Light Heavyweight. He compiled a record win-loss ratio (4-0) before debuting for Strikeforce. 

Moreover, He was at the tryouts for Ultimate Fighter 12 on 4 November 2010 and he did not make the final cast to get onto the show which debuted on 30 March 2011. 

It was announced on 2 January 2015 that Taylor had signed on to face Hall on short notice at UFC fight night: McGregor vs Siver on 18 January 2015.

• Nickname: Put The Gunz Down
• Weight Class: Middleweight 
• Pro MMA Record: 19-4-1 (win-loss-draw)
• Current Streak: 5 wins
• Team: Chicago Fight Team
• Active Years: 2016-Present

Chase Beebe is a retired American professional MMA fighter from Chicago. He most recently fought for the World Extreme Cagefighting organization where he was the Bantamweight Champion.

He made his WEC debut on 24 March 2007 at WEC 26. He defended the WEC Bantamweight Championship against Rani Yahya at WEC 30 winning via unanimous decision on 5 September 2007.

Moreover, Beebe was scheduled to fight Mike Easton for the UWC Bantamweight title on 21 February 2009. He was one of the fighters who participated in Dream's featherweight Grand Prix and he lost in the first round to Joe Warren. 

He made his Bellator debut against Jose Vega at Bellator 43 in a Bellator Season 5 Bantamweight Tournament qualifying bout. 

• Nickname: The Rage
• Weight Class: Featherweight 
• Pro MMA Record: 24-13-1 (win-loss-draw)
• Current Streak: 5 Losses
• Team: Gilbert Grappling
• Active Years: 2006-Present

Will Brooks competes in the Lightweight division and he is the former Bellator MMA Lightweight World Champion, and has also competed for DREAM, the Professional Fighters League, and the UFC since 2011. 

In his early MMA career, he made his professional MMA debut in January 2011. He competed in his native Illinois and quickly amassed an undefeated round of win/loss ratio (7-0) in the first two years of his fighting career. 

It was announced that Brooks had signed a 6 fight deal with the Ultimate Fighting Championship and he made his promotional debut against Ross Pearson on 8 July 2016 at the Ultimate Fighter 23 finale. 

• Nickname: Ill
• Weight Class: Welterweight 
• Pro MMA Record: 26-5-1 (win-loss-draw)
• Current Streak: 6 wins
• Team: American Top Team (2012-Present)
• Active Years: 2011-Present

Jason Chambers is an American actor, MMA fighter, and sports commentator. He was then signed by ONE Championship as their lead color commentator and he was called "The Best Color Commentator, Not in the UFC". 

Chambers is currently the CEO of Apex Sports Agency and managing a young talented roster of fighters. In the worlds of both Hollywood and MMA, he has been there and back. 

Furthermore, he has been working to sign new talent to the Shine Fights roster lately, including former Ultimate Fighter winner Efrain Escudero along with other UFC veterans like Rolles Gracie and Mike Ciesnolevicz. 

• Nickname: Hollywood
• Weight Class: Welterweight
• Pro MMA Record: 18-6-2 (win-loss-draw)
• Current Streak: 2 wins
• Team: Renzo Gracie

Shonie Carter is a professional MMA fighter and he was born on 3 May 1972 in Chicago. He is a former WEC Welterweight champion, a UFC veteran, and a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter 4 reality show.

Carter served in the United States Marine Corps for six years before beginning his profession as a fighter. He began his MMA training in Wrestling at Triton College in Illinois before transferring to Carson-Newman College in Tennessee where he began studying Judo and Jujutsu. 

In his early career, he was also an All-American Wrestler and participated in the Olympic trials. Carter enrolled in the Tennessee state championship in the White, Green, Brown, and Black Belt divisions after a semester of studying Judo. 

Moreover to his MMA career, he also holds a record of 57 wins and 5 losses as a professional kickboxer. 

• Nickname: Mr. International
• Division: Welterweight, Middleweight, Light Heavyweight
• Style: Wrestling, Judo, Jujutsu, Sanshou, Karate, Boxing
• Team: Iron Academy
• Active Years: 2014-Present 

Phil Brooks, mostly known by the ring name CM Punk, is an American Professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist.

Punk began his professional wrestling career on the American independent circuit, primarily with Ring of Honor until 2005 when he signed with the WWE.

Moreover, he was the 2011 WWE Superstar of the Year and the first two-time Money in the Bank winner. 

He was considered by many as the best professional wrestler in the world during the peak of his fighting career. 

After becoming dissatisfied with WWE, Phil Brooks retired from professional wrestling in 2014. He then pursued a career in MMA and was signed by the UFC in December of that year. 

Not only that but he made his debut for AEW at the first dance event on Rampage, marking his return to professional wrestling after a seven-year retirement on 20 August.

• Nickname: CM Punk
• Weight Class: Welterweight
• Team: Roufusport
• Rank: Blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
• Active Years: 2016-2018