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UFC Rankings
UFC Rankings: official Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter rankings by weight class and pound-for-pound. Media voting panel from February 2013; replaced June 22, 2026 by Meta UFC Rankings, an Elo-based, fight-data-only model with no pound-for-pound list.
Uku Jürjendal
Uku Jürjendal, "The Thunder" (born 1989, Tallinn), Estonian GLORY heavyweight kickboxer, 1.93 m, about 113.9 kg; stopped Badr Hari at Glory 89 (2023); GLORY record 3-4, career 20-10 with 16 KO per GLORY.
Ulambayaryn Byambajav
Ulambayaryn Byambajav (Уламбаярын Бямбажав), called Byamba or Daishochi, Mongolian sumo wrestler (1984-2020); makushita 15 in Japan, four-time World Sumo Champion, US Sumo Open dominant wrestler and Hollywood entertainer.
Ulderico Sergo
Ulderico Sergo (1913–1967), Italian bantamweight boxer born in Fiume/Rijeka; won 1936 Berlin Olympic gold by beating Jackie Wilson, took European titles 1937 and 1939, later a professional in Italy and exile in Cleveland.
Ulrich Robeiri
Ulrich Robeiri (Ulrich Dimitri Robeiri, born 1982, Cayenne, Guyane), French right-handed épée fencer with Levallois SC; 2008 Olympic team épée champion, 2014 individual world champion, six-time world team champion, RATP engineer.
Ulrich Schreck
Ulrich Schreck (Uli Schreck, born 1962) is a German foil fencer and coach: Olympic team gold 1992 and silver 1988, world team champion 1987, German champion 1991, and Germany's national foil coach who trained Benjamin Kleibrink and Peter Joppich.
Ultimate Fighting Championship
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), founded 1993 in Denver, is the premier American mixed martial arts promotion, owned by TKO Group since 2023, fought in the trademarked Octagon under the Unified Rules of MMA.
Ultimate Robot Knock-out Legend
Ultimate Robot Knock-out Legend (URKL) is a humanoid robot free-combat league launched 9 February 2026 by EngineAI (Zhongqing Robotics) in Shenzhen; T800 robots fight BO3 bouts in an octagonal cage for a 10-kg gold belt worth ~RMB 10 million.
Ultimate Warrior
Ultimate Warrior (Jim Hellwig, later Warrior) was an American pro wrestler, 1987 WWF debut, WrestleMania VI win over Hulk Hogan, WWE and Intercontinental Champion, 2014 Hall of Famer who died of a heart attack at 54.
Último Dragón
Último Dragón (Yoshihiro Asai, 浅井嘉浩), Japanese wrestler born 1966 in Nagoya; innovator of the Asai Moonsault, two-time WCW Cruiserweight Champion, J-Crown winner who held ten titles at once, and founder of Toryumon, which became Dragon Gate.
Ulugbek Rashitov
Ulugbek Rashitov (Улуғбек Рашитов), born 2002 in Tashkent, is an Uzbek taekwondo featherweight (-68 kg) fighter, two-time Olympic champion (Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024), first Uzbek Olympic taekwondo medalist, later sanctioned two years for whereabouts failures.
Umaga (wrestler)
Umaga (Edward Smith Fatu, 1973-2009), also known as Jamal of 3-Minute Warning, was a Samoan-American WWE wrestler, 'The Samoan Bulldozer': two-time Intercontinental Champion, WrestleMania 23 Battle of the Billionaires loser, undefeated until New Year's Revolution 2007.
Umar Nurmagomedov (Умар Нурмагомедов)
Umar Nurmagomedov (Умар Нурмагомедов), born 1996, is a Russian UFC bantamweight from Dagestan, cousin of Khabib and brother of Usman. Record 20-2; lost the 2025 title fight to Merab Dvalishvili and was knocked out by Song Yadong in 2026.
Umyar Mavlikhanov
Umyar Mavlikhanov (Умяр Абдуллович Мавлиханов, 1937-1999), Soviet sabre fencer; two-time Olympic team champion (Tokyo 1964, Mexico City 1968), 1964 individual bronze, three-time world team champion, later Honoured Coach of the RSFSR.
Unbound Co.
Unbound Co. (アンバウンド・カンパニー) is a New Japan Pro-Wrestling stable formed January 5, 2026 at NEW YEAR DASH!! from former Los Ingobernables de Japon members and BULLET CLUB WAR DOGS, led by double champion Yota Tsuji; main feud with UNITED EMPIRE.
Undisputed championship (boxing)
Undisputed championship (boxing): a fighter holding all four major belts, WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO, in one weight class simultaneously; rare because mandatory defenses and stripping rules end reigns, as with Usyk and Crawford.
Undisputed II: Last Man Standing
Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006), also called Undisputed 2, is Isaac Florentine's direct-to-video martial arts prison sequel starring Michael Jai White as framed boxer George Chambers and Scott Adkins as Yuri Boyka, choreographed by J.J. Perry.
Unforgiven (2004)
Unforgiven (2004): WWE Raw-brand pay-per-view, September 12, 2004, Rose Garden Arena, Portland, Oregon. Triple H beat Randy Orton for the World Heavyweight Championship; Jericho won the vacant Intercontinental title in a ladder match.
United Kingdom Championship Tournament (2018)
United Kingdom Championship Tournament (2018): two-night WWE NXT event, June 18-19, 2018, Royal Albert Hall, London. Zack Gibson won the 16-man bracket; NXT UK brand announced; Dunne retained, Moustache Mountain won tag titles.
Universal Wrestling Federation (Japan)
Universal Wrestling Federation (Japan), UWF, was a Tokyo-based shoot-style pro wrestling promotion founded by Hisashi Shinma in 1984, revived as Newborn UWF 1988–1990 under Akira Maeda, and ancestral to UWFi, RINGS, Pancrase, and Pride FC.
Uriah Hall
Uriah "Prime Time" Hall, Jamaican-born American retired UFC middleweight (18-11-0, 14 KOs), TUF 17 finalist famous for the spinning-kick knockout of Adam Cella and wins over Mousasi, Silva, and Weidman.
Urijah Faber
Urijah Faber, "The California Kid", American MMA fighter, WEC featherweight champion 2006-2008, UFC Hall of Fame 2017, 35-11 record, founder of Team Alpha Male in Sacramento.
Urska Zolnir
Urška Žolnir Jugovar (born 1981, Žalec) is a Slovenian judoka, -63 kg half-middleweight. Olympic gold London 2012, first individual women's gold for Slovenia; bronze Athens 2004; European champion 2009.
Usman Nurmagomedov (Усман Нурмагомедов)
Usman Nurmagomedov (Усман Нурмагомедов), Russian undefeated lightweight (22-0, 1 NC), cousin of Khabib, brother of Umar; Bellator and PFL lightweight champion, free agent after July 2026 KO of Archie Colgan.
Uta Abe
Uta Abe (阿部 詩), born 2000 in Kobe, is a Japanese judoka, −52 kg half-lightweight: Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion, sister of Hifumi Abe, record 12 women's Grand Slam titles, six world golds by 2026.
Ute Kircheis Wessel
Ute Kircheis Wessel (born 1953, Niederaußem), also Ute Wessel, German foil fencer for West Germany; 1984 Los Angeles Olympic team gold, 1976 Montreal fourth place, four World Championship team medals.
Uwe Proske
Uwe Proske (born 1961, Löbau) is a retired German épée fencer, formerly East Germany's best, who won team épée gold for unified Germany at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics after a 34th-place individual finish in Seoul 1988.
V ' Iacheslav Oliynyk
V'iacheslav Oliynyk (В’ячеслав Миколайович Олійник, born 1966, Mariupol) is a Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler, 1996 Atlanta Olympic light-heavyweight (90 kg) champion and first Summer Olympic gold medalist for independent Ukraine.
Vadim Bogiyev
Vadim Bogiyev (Вадим Иосифович Богиев), born 1970, Russian freestyle wrestler; 1996 Atlanta Olympic gold at 68 kg, beating Townsend Saunders on passivity calls; three-time European champion; CSKA Moskva.
Vadim Nemkov
Vadim Nemkov (Вадим Немков), born 1992, is a Russian mixed martial artist and reigning PFL Heavyweight World Champion who previously held the Bellator light heavyweight title.