Welcome to THUGJITSU: Punks Jump Up to get Beatdown
Welcome to the official site for Yves Edwards, one of the most devastating mixed martial artists today.
Yves Edwards began training in traditional martial arts in his youth before eventually taking up mixed martial arts. Like many aspiring martial artists, Edwards cites Hong Kong cinema as a formative influence.
"I’ve always liked the old Hong Kong flicks, and I was a big comic book fan: you know the superheroes, they were always big in my mind. Anything that will make me physically better than the average person, and teach me to do things that the average person can’t do, I was game for it."
He is a well-rounded fighter, with a strong boxing background, training with Lewis Wood, a #6 WBA Featherweight boxer. This is in addition to his experience in muay thai and brazilian jiu jitsu.
Something of a showman, Edwards calls his fighting style "Thugjitsu". It’s just finding what’s a weakness in your opponent compared to your strength, and just exploiting it. Edwards also teaches Thugjitsu at The Revolution Dojo in Houston, Texas.
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Back to the UFC!!! The UFC has brought back the lightweights in UFC 58, on Saturday March 4, 2006 in Las Vegas. With over a year absence in the UFC the lightweight are headed back into action in the UFC, starting with Yves taking on Canadian Mark Hommick. Catch it on pay-per-view this coming weekend. Also check out Yves’ interview on the official UFC website, discussing the lightweights back in the UFC as well as his upcoming fight.
New Free Thugjitsu Desktop Backgrounds Available for Download!!! 10/29/2005 Check out the all new Thugjitsu desktop themes available for free download. Simply download the various self installing executables to set the themes on your PC desktop. Check out the available themes by goifn to the Download Page.
PRIDE Bushido Lightweight & Welterweight Tournament!!! Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo, Japan on September 25, 2005
The message boards are going crazy with the announcement of the PRIDE Bushido Lightweight Tournament line up and bracket. Each winner of the quarter final match will advance to fight again the same night in the semi-finals. The finals for both tournaments are expected to be held Decemebr 31st at PRIDE’s festival.
Scheduled Fights
Takanori Gomi vs Tatsuya Kawajiri (Side A First Round LW Tournament)
Yves Edwards vs Joachim Hansen (Side B First Round LW Tournament)
Phil Baroni vs Ikuhisa Minowa (Side A First Round WW Tournament)
Dan Henderson vs Ryo Chonan (Side B First Round WW Tournament)
Hayato Sakurai vs Jens Pulver (Side A First Round LW Tournament)
Akihiro Gono vs Daniel Acacio (Side B First Round WW Tournament)
Masanori Suda vs Murilo Bustamante (Side A First Round WW Tournament)
Luiz Azeredo vs Naoyuki Kotani (Side A First Round LW Tournament)
Dokonjonosuke Mishima vs Charles Bennett (Reserve LW Tournament Match)
Ryuta Sakurai vs Paulo Filho (Reserve WW Tournament Match)
Check back soon as we post updates on the complete card and lightweight tournament information. Also look for an interview with Yves and his thoughts on the upcoming fight and tournament.
PRIDE Bushido 7 - Yves Edwards vs. Dokonjonosuke Mishima
In a great display of Yves’ ever evolving skills he submitted Dokonjonosuke Mishima, a top fighter who had never been submitted, at PRIDE Bushido 7. The match started with both fighters feeling each other out. After a solid combination by Yves, Mishima started to look to take the fight to the ground. Mishima was able to get the takedown after another combination by Yves, and then Mishima was looking hold Yves down, setting up his submissions. Yves had a near escape and position himself in Mishima’s guard; as Mishima looked to pass Yves’ guard and get side control Yves locked in the armbar. By the time Mishima tried to roll out of the guard it was too late and he was forced to tap in the first round.
The People’s Champ continues his winning ways MFC Euphoria USA vs The World February 26, 2005
Yves Edwards continues his winning ways by defeating tough opponent Hermes Franca with a split decision victory at MFC Euphoria in Atlantic City. This main event rematch between Yves and Hermes was highly anticipated by MMA fans after the close decision win by Yves at UFC 47. The rematch proved to exceed the excitement of the first fight.
The first round was a close round with Hermes applying pressure as Yves defended several kicks and punches. Although a close round Hermes was able take the early lead. The second round consisted of Yves going on the attack with clean striking. Hermes attempted some takedowns which Yves defended and finish with a flurry of combinations at each engagement. The round ended with Yves finishing with a solid combination, giving him the second round. As the bell rang for the third round it was clear this would be the deciding round. Yves continued to throw clean combinations with kicks to the body and punches to the head. As the fight went to the ground Hermes was able to positions himself for a leg submission. Yves defended the submission and was able to take the fight back to stand up striking. Toward the latter part of the round Yves was able to impose his will land several clean combinations to secure the victory.
Catch a glimpse of Yves last UFC fight by click on the link below
