Chris Cope (8-4, 5) was born in Carmel Valley, California, United States on March 5, 1983. At the age of 24 years on November 4, 2007, he made his professional MMA debut against Jermaine Wilson, winning the fight via 3-round unanimous decision.
On November 5, 2011, 28-year old Chris Cope made his UFC debut on his 7th professional MMA fight at UFC 138 against a 29-year old Che Mills but lost the fight via TKO in the 1st round.
Cope's last fight was a welterweight title fight against Elijah Harshbarger for the vacant ROC Championship title on January 24, 2014. He lost the fight via 3rd-round submission. He retired from the sport of MMA following this loss.
He has fought twice in the UFC, and has a record of 2 losses in the promotion.
Chris Cope's best fight was against Ron Keslar.
Cope has 4 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Chris Cope Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 | Jan 24, 2014 30 years, 10 months 8-4 (5) | Elijah Harshbarger | WL | 3 | SUB | Loss Rear-naked choke For ROC welterweight title | |
11 | Aug 11, 2012 29 years, 5 months 8-3 (5) | Tlowa Madadafo | WL | 1 | TKO | Win Punches | |
10 | Jun 22, 2012 29 years, 3 months 7-3 (4) | Kyle Thier | 2 | TKO | Win Punches | ||
9 | Apr 13, 2012 29 years, 1 months 6-3 (3) | Cole Thomas | 1 | SUB | Win Guillotine choke | ||
8  | Feb 4, 2012 28 years, 10 months 5-3 (2) | 31 years 12-11 (11) | UFC | 2 | TKO | Loss Punches | |
7  | Nov 5, 2011 28 years, 8 months 5-2 (2) | 29 years 13-4 (10) | UFC | 1 | TKO | Loss Knees and punches | |
6 | Jun 4, 2011 28 years, 2 months 5-1 (2) | Chuck O'Neil | TUF | 3 | UD | Win | |
5  | Jun 26, 2010 27 years, 3 months 4-1 (2) | 30 years, 2 months 5-1 (3) | Strikeforce | 2 | TKO | Win Head kick and punches | |
4  | Jan 23, 2010 26 years, 10 months 3-1 (1) | 21 years, 10 months 5-1 (4) | 1 | KO | Loss Punches | ||
3 | Jul 17, 2009 26 years, 4 months 3-0 (1) | Armando Montoya Jr. | 2 | KO | Win Head kick | ||
2 | Mar 7, 2009 26 years 2-0 (0) | Marcos Gonzalez | 3 | UD | Win | ||
1 | Nov 4, 2007 24 years, 7 months 1-0 (0) | Jermaine Wilson | 3 | UD | Win |
