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Ray Mancini
Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini (born 1961, Youngstown, Ohio) is an American former boxer, WBA lightweight champion 1982-1984, record 29-5 with 23 KOs, IBHOF inductee 2015, known for the Duk-Koo Kim tragedy.
Ray Mancini vs. Kim Duk-koo (김덕구)
Ray Mancini vs. Kim Duk-koo was a 1982 WBA lightweight title fight in Las Vegas where champion Ray Mancini knocked out Kim Duk-koo, who died four days later.
Ray Mercer
Ray Mercer (Merciless), born 1961, American heavyweight boxer; 1988 Seoul Olympic gold medalist and WBO heavyweight champion 1991-1992; retired 36-7-1 with 26 KOs.
Ray Seales
Sugar Ray Seales (born 1952, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands) is an American boxer, the only US gold medalist in boxing at the 1972 Munich Olympics (light-welterweight), later a NABF/USBA middleweight champion who fought Marvin Hagler three times and retired legally blind from detached retinae.
Raymond Daniels (martial artist)
Raymond Daniels, "The Real Deal" (born 1980), American sport karate and kickboxing champion; ISKA and Bellator Kickboxing titleholder known for spinning kicks, later MMA and Karate Combat fighter.
Raymond Muratalla
Raymond "Danger" Muratalla, American undefeated pro boxer (25-0, 17 KOs) from Fontana, California; IBF lightweight champion who beat Andy Cruz and Robson Conceicao, trained by Robert Garcia.
Rayna Vallandingham
Rayna Vallandingham, American taekwondo athlete and actress; 13-time ATA world champion, 4th-degree black belt since age 2 start; plays Zara Malik in Cobra Kai season 6 and Juli in the 2026 Street Fighter film.
Razambek Zhamalov
Razambek Zhamalov (Разамбек Жамалов), also spelled Jamalov, is a Russian-born Chechen freestyle wrestler who won 74 kg gold for Uzbekistan at Paris 2024, beating Daichi Takatani by fall; former 2019 U23 world and 2020 World Cup champion for Russia.
Razhabali Shaydullaev
Razhabali Shaydullaev (Раджабали Шайдуллаев), also spelled Rajabali Shaidullaev, is an undefeated Tajikistan-born, Kyrgyzstan-based featherweight MMA fighter, RIZIN and PFL champion, signing with MVP for 2027.
Ready to Rumble
Ready to Rumble is a 2000 Warner Bros. comedy directed by Brian Robbins, starring David Arquette, Scott Caan, and Oliver Platt as WCW fans helping wrestler Jimmy King reclaim his title; it bombed at the box office and spawned Arquette's infamous WCW championship run.
Real American Freestyle
Real American Freestyle, also known as RAF Wrestling, is an American professional freestyle wrestling promotion founded in April 2025 by Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff, and Izzy Martinez.
Real Woods
Real Woods (Real Marshall Ray Woods, born 1999) is an American freestyle wrestler at 65 kg, 2025 World bronze medalist, four-time NCAA All-American for Stanford and Iowa, 2023 NCAA runner-up, and RAF featherweight titleholder.
Reality of Wrestling
Reality of Wrestling is an independent professional wrestling promotion based in Houston, Texas, founded by WWE Hall of Famers Booker T and Sharmell Huffman and billed as the Flagship of Texas Wrestling.
Rear naked choke
Rear naked choke (RNC), also hadaka jime in judo and Mata Leão in Brazil, is a blood choke from back control compressing the carotid arteries; the most common UFC submission, with ancient Greek and Cambodian precedents.
Rebel (wrestler)
Rebel, real name Tanea Brooks (born 1978), is an American wrestler and manager from Owasso, Oklahoma, a former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader known for TNA's Dollhouse and her AEW role beside Britt Baker, now terminally ill with ALS.
Reby Sky
Reby Sky (Rebecca Victoria Hardy, née Reyes, born 1986, Queens, New York) is an American professional wrestler, manager, and valet; former Playboy model and Lucha Libre USA interviewer, TNA Broken Universe regular, wife of Matt Hardy, returned to TNA in June 2024.
ReDRagon
reDRagon: ROH tag team of Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly formed in 2012; three-time ROH World Tag Team Champions, two-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions, later NXT's Undisputed Era and AEW.
Reggie Jones
Reggie Jones (Reginald Dennis Jones, born 1951), American light-middleweight boxer from Newark, 1971 Pan-Am bronze medalist, controversially eliminated by USSR's Valery Tregubov at the 1972 Munich Olympics; also other athletes and a Dellwood mayor sharing the name.
Regis Prograis
Regis Prograis, "Rougarou", American southpaw super lightweight boxer from New Orleans; WBA and WBC 140-pound world champion; lost title fights to Josh Taylor (2019) and Devin Haney (2023); retired April 2026 at 29-3, 24 KO.
Rei Higuchi
Rei Higuchi (樋口黎), Japanese freestyle wrestler born 1996, 57 kg Olympic gold medalist at Paris 2024 and silver medalist at Rio 2016, also 2022 world champion at 61 kg, aiming for a second title at LA 2028.
Reid Flair
Reid Flair (Richard Reid Fliehr, 1988-2013), American professional wrestler, youngest son of Ric Flair, brother of David and Charlotte Flair; debuted 2008, wrestled independents and All Japan Pro Wrestling, died of heroin toxicity at 25.
Reina Volcan
Reina Volcan (Reina Volcán), ring name of Nicole Ripoll Martinez, born 1997 in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic; WWE NXT heel wrestler, formerly indie wrestler Nikki Blackheart, CCW and MPX Women's Champion, finisher the Blackheart Bomb.
Reinier de Ridder
Reinier de Ridder, "The Dutch Knight," Dutch MMA fighter from Tilburg, former ONE middleweight and light heavyweight two-division champion, now UFC light heavyweight, 22-4 record, 13 submission wins.
Remy Bonjasky
Remy Bonjasky, "The Flying Gentleman", Surinamese-born Dutch heavyweight kickboxer (born 1976), three-time K-1 World Grand Prix champion (2003, 2004, 2008), known for flying knees, later GLORY fighter and Bonjasky Academy founder.
Renan Barão
Renan Bão is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who won the interim UFC bantamweight title in 2012. He was a three-time titleholder before losing his streak in 2014.
Renan Ferreira (fighter)
Renan Ferreira (Thalles Renan Ferreira, born 1989), nicknamed "Problema", is a 6'8" Brazilian PFL heavyweight; 2023 PFL heavyweight tournament champion, fastest PFL heavyweight KOs, beaten by Ngannou in 2024 and Nemkov in 2025.
Renato Anselmi
Renato Anselmi (1891-1973), Italian sabre fencer: Olympic team sabre gold 1924, silver 1928 and 1932; also engineer, Divisional General, and Olympic jury president 1936 and 1948.
Renato Moicano
Renato Moicano (Renato Alves Carneiro), "Money", Brazilian UFC lightweight, 21-7-1, American Top Team; lost a UFC 311 title shot to Islam Makhachev by first-round brabo choke, then beat Chris Duncan by submission at UFC Vegas 115 in 2026.
René Duprée
René Duprée (René Goguen), Canadian wrestler from New Brunswick, son of promoter Emile Dupree; youngest WWE tag team champion at 19 with La Résistance, later a long career in HUSTLE, All Japan, Wrestle-1, and Pro Wrestling NOAH.
Rene Lemoine
René Lemoine (1905–1995), French foil fencer; Olympic team gold 1932 and silver 1936; world champion 1931; WWII Free French resistance leader in Bangui; distinct from other fencers named Lemoine.