Yves Edwards

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yves Edwards
Occupation	MMA Fighter
Date Of Birth	Sep 30, 1976(1976-09-30)
Age	48
Birthplace	Nassau
Country	Bahamas
Birth City	New Providence
Horoscope	Virgo

Yves Edwards Biography

Yves Edwards is one of the most popular and richest MMA Fighter who was born on September 30, 1976 in Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas. Retired MMA lightweight, who was regarded as the #1 lightweight in the globe and the uncrowned UFC lightweight champion after his knockout of Retired MMA lightweight who was considered the #1 lightweight in the world and uncrowned UFC lightweight champion following his knockout of Josh Thomson in 2004. He fought across the Strikeforce, PRIDE, Bellator, and the UFC promotions before retiring in November 2014.. Before retiring in November 2014, he fought across the UFC promotions, Bellator and PRIDE.

He defeated He defeated John Gunderson at UFC Fight Night 22 in September 2010. in UFC Fight Night 22 September 2010.

Edwards has stated that UFC Hall of Famer Bas Rutten is his idol. Bas Rutten watched Edwards’ third pro-MMA fight in 1998 where Edwards defeated Tim Horton in the first round via TKO. Edwards was invited by Rutten to spend time with him in his car. “Bas is always an awesome guy,” said Edwards, “He’s cool as hell. One of the nicest guys in the game.”

After two wins in the EliteXC promotion, Edwards lost to EliteXC Lightweight Champion K.J. Noons via KO in the first round in June 2008, and lost a unanimous decision to Duane Ludwig at Strikeforce: Destruction.

He was born in New Providence, Bahamas. At the age of 15, he moved to Texas with his family. He is the father of one son, Yvan, and one daughter, Destiny.

Yves Edwards Net Worth

Yves Edwards is one of the richest MMA Fighter from Bahamas. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yves Edwards 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He began training in karate and Kung Fu before turning to mixed martial arts. In 1997, he made his professional MMA debut.

He was awarded the fight and submission honors at UFC: Fight for the Troops 2 in 2011. In the 2011 film Warrior, he played Houston Greggs.

Yves Ed’duvill Edwards (born September 30, 1976) is a Bahamian retired mixed martial artist, who is perhaps best known for competing in the UFC’s Lightweight division, fighting 21 times in the promotion. A professional competitor since 1997, he has also formerly competed for PRIDE, the WEC, Strikeforce, Bellator, EliteXC, King of the Cage, BodogFIGHT, the MFC, and HDNet Fights. For a period of time, Edwards was ranked as the #1 Lightweight in the world after becoming the first person to ever knock out future Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Josh Thomson.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Yves Edwards Dating?

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Edwards fought Sam Stout on June 11, 2011 at UFC 131 and was knocked out by an overhand left at 3:52 of the first round.

Facts & Trivia

Yves Ranked on the list of most popular MMA Fighter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Bahamas. Yves Edwards celebrates birthday on September 30 of every year.

Edwards was expected to face Jeremy Stephens on October 5, 2012 at UFC on FX

5. However, the bout was cancelled due to Stephens being arrested on the day of the event for an assault charge that dated back to 2011. The fight eventually took place on December 8, 2012 at UFC on Fox 5. Edwards won by knockout in the first round, being the first fighter to ever stop Stephens via strikes.