The Most Famous
MARTIAL ARTS from Jamaica
This page contains a list of the greatest Jamaican Martial Arts. The pantheon dataset contains 179 Martial Arts, NaN of which were born in Jamaica. This makes Jamaica the birth place of the 0th most number of Martial Arts.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Jamaican Martial Arts of all time. This list of famous Jamaican Martial Arts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Leon Edwards (b. 1991)
With an HPI of 42.42, Leon Edwards is the most famous Jamaican Martial Arts. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Leon Edwards (born 25 August 1991) is an English professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Welterweight Champion. A professional since 2011, Edwards formerly competed for BAMMA, where he was the BAMMA welterweight champion. As of 13 May 2025, he is #4 in the UFC welterweight rankings.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Jamaican martial arts born between 1991 and 1991. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Jamaican martial arts include Leon Edwards. As of April 2024, 1 new Jamaican martial arts have been added to Pantheon including Leon Edwards.
