18 Facts About James Wilks

James Brett Wilks was born on 5 April 1978 and is an English former professional mixed martial artist.

James Wilks began training taekwondo and Jeet Kune Do while living in the United Kingdom.

James Wilks is a black belt in taekwondo, brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and an instructor of Jeet Kune Do and Combat Submission Wrestling.

James Wilks had his first professional fight against The Ultimate Fighter 5 competitor, Roman Mitichyan.

James Wilks won the fight via armbar submission in the second round.

James Wilks came back to have his second fight and lost to Jimmy Smith.

James Wilks defeated the highly regarded Che Mills by submission in an elimination match earning him a trip to Las Vegas, Nevada to compete on the show.

James Wilks had his second fight against Team United States fighter Frank Lester; James Wilks won by submission in the second round.

James Wilks made his debut for the UFC winning against DaMarques Johnson at The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs United Kingdom Finale on 20 June 2009.

James Wilks dominated the fight against Johnson showing off strong striking and good submission attempts.

James Wilks finished the fight with Johnson via a rear naked choke submission in the closing seconds of the first round.

James Wilks lost to Matt Brown via 3rd-round TKO, on 14 November 2009 at UFC 105.

James Wilks next fought Canadian prospect Claude Patrick at UFC 120 in London.

James Wilks was expected to face Rory MacDonald on 30 April 2011 at UFC 129.

However, James Wilks was replaced on the card by Nate Diaz.

James Wilks was expected to replace Duane Ludwig, and face Amir Sadollah at UFC Fight Night 24.

However, James Wilks was injured and was replaced by DaMarques Johnson.

James Wilks is a military combatives instructor and law enforcement defensive tactics instructor.