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Bajrang Punia (बजरंग पुनिया)
Bajrang Punia (बजरंग पुनिया), Indian freestyle wrestler, 65 kg, born 1994. Tokyo 2020 Olympic bronze, three World Championship medals, 2018 Asian Games and CWG gold; four-year NADA ban from 2024.
Bak Mei (白眉)
Bak Mei (白眉, Pak Mei, White Eyebrow) is a Hakka close-range southern Chinese kung fu style attributed to a monk of the Five Elders legend, systematized by Cheung Lai Chuen (1882–1964), known for explosive short power and the Nine Step Push form.
Bakhodir Dzhalolov
Bakhodir Dzhalolov (Bahodir Jalolov, "The Big Uzbek"), born 1994, is an undefeated Uzbek heavyweight boxer, two-time Olympic super-heavyweight champion (Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024), two-time amateur world champion, and 18-0 (15 KO) as a professional.
Bakhram Murtazaliev
Bakhram Murtazaliev (Бахрам Муртазалиев), Russian super welterweight from Grozny based in California; IBF champion 2024-25, famous for the four-knockdown stoppage of Tim Tszyu, later losing the belt to Josh Kelly.
Bakhtiyar Akhmedov
Bakhtiyar Akhmedov (Бахтияр Шахабутдинович Ахмедов), Russian freestyle wrestler born 1987 in Buynaksk, Dagestan; 2008 Olympic super-heavyweight (≤120 kg) champion by upgrade after Artur Taymazov's doping disqualification.
Bakhtiyar Artayev
Bakhtiyar Artayev (Бахтияр Артаев), Kazakh amateur boxer born 1983 in Taraz; won welterweight (69 kg) gold and the Val Barker Trophy at Athens 2004, world bronzes 2005 and 2007, Beijing 2008 quarterfinalist.
Bakhyt Sarsekbayev
Bakhyt Sarsekbayev (Бахыт Сарсекбаев), Kazakh boxer born 1981 in Pavlodar; won 2008 Beijing Olympic welterweight gold, beating Cuba's Carlos Banteux 18-9 in the final.
Baldo Baldi
Baldo Baldi (1888-1961), Italian fencer from Livorno's Circolo Fides; won gold in team foil and team sabre at Antwerp 1920, placed 12th in individual sabre, later turned professional.
Balls Mahoney
Balls Mahoney (Jonathan Rechner, 1972–2016), American hardcore wrestler, ECW chair-swinging "Freak", three-time ECW tag champion, later WWE ECW brand 2006–2008; died of a heart attack at 44.
Bam Bam Bigelow
Bam Bam Bigelow (Scott Charles Bigelow, 1961-2007), American pro wrestler of WWE, ECW, and WCW; flame-tattooed 390-lb big man who main-evented WrestleMania XI against Lawrence Taylor and won ECW, WCW, and IWGP titles.
Bang Bang Gang
Bang Bang Gang (formerly Bullet Club Gold), AEW/ROH heel stable led by Jay White with Juice Robinson, The Gunns, and Ace Austin; formed April 2023, held unified AEW World Trios and ROH Six-Man titles in 2024.
Bantamweight
Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports, most prominently boxing, where fighters weigh no more than 118 pounds, with a heavier 135-pound division in the UFC.
Barbara Matic
Barbara Matic (Barbara Matić, later Ðinović), Croatian judoka born 1994 in Split, 70 kg. Double world champion 2021 and 2022, first Croatian judo world champion, and Paris 2024 Olympic gold, Croatia's first Olympic judo medal.
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) is an American bare-knuckle boxing promotion founded by David Feldman in Philadelphia in 2018, the first legal, sanctioned bare-knuckle event in the US since 1889.
Bare-knuckle boxing
Bare-knuckle boxing is boxing without gloves, fought under 19th-century prize-ring rules and, since 2018, modern ABC unified rules in the US. Injuries are mostly lacerations and hand fractures; concussions are comparatively uncommon.
Baron Corbin
Baron Corbin (Thomas Pestock, also Bishop Dyer) is an American wrestler and ex-NFL practice-squad lineman; WWE US Champion 2017 and 2026, 2019 King of the Ring, 2017 Money in the Bank, NXT and MLW tag champion.
Barry McGuigan
Barry McGuigan (Finbar Patrick McGuigan, 'The Clones Cyclone'), Irish boxer born 1961 in Clones, Monaghan; WBA featherweight champion 1985–86 after beating Eusebio Pedroza at Loftus Road; retired 1989 at 32–3, 28 KOs; BBC Sports Personality 1985, IBHOF 2005.
Barry Orton
Barry Orton (Randal Barry Orton, 1958–2021), ring name Barry O, American wrestler; son of Bob Orton Sr., brother of Bob Orton Jr., uncle of Randy Orton; WWF jobber, 1992 Terry Garvin scandal figure.
Barry Windham
Barry Windham (Barry Clinton Windham, born 1960), American retired pro wrestler, son of Blackjack Mulligan; NWA World Heavyweight Champion, U.S. Express and Four Horsemen member, two-time WWE Hall of Fame inductee (2012, 2024).
Bartitsu
Bartitsu, also spelled baritsu in the Sherlock Holmes stories, is a hybrid Victorian self-defence art created in 1898 by E.W. Barton-Wright in London, combining jujutsu, boxing, savate, and Vigny stick fighting; the original club closed in 1902 and the art survives through the post-2002 revival.
Bartley Gorman
Bartley Gorman (1944/45-2002), English-born Traveller bare-knuckle boxer, self-declared King of the Gypsies 1972-1992 and undefeated champion of Britain and Ireland; uncle of Uriah Burton's line, relative of Tyson Fury.
Bas Rutten
Bas Rutten (El Guapo), Dutch mixed martial artist born 1965 in Veldhoven; King of Pancrase 1995 and UFC heavyweight champion 1999; retired on a 22-fight win streak; UFC Hall of Fame Pioneer Era inductee 2015.
Battleground (2014)
Battleground (2014), WWE pay-per-view, July 20, 2014, Tampa Bay Times Forum; second Battleground event; John Cena retained the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in a Fatal 4-Way; The Miz won the Intercontinental title battle royal.
Battleground (2015)
Battleground (2015), WWE pay-per-view and WWE Network event, July 19, 2015, Scottrade Center, St. Louis; Undertaker returned costing Lesnar vs Rollins, Cena retained the US title over Owens.
Battleground (2016)
Battleground (2016) was a WWE pay-per-view on July 24, 2016, in Washington, D.C., where Dean Ambrose retained the WWE Championship over Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns in the first Shield Triple Threat.
Battleground (2017)
Battleground (2017), also called WWE Battleground 2017, was a SmackDown-branded WWE pay-per-view on July 23, 2017 in Philadelphia. Jinder Mahal retained the WWE Championship over Randy Orton in the first Punjabi Prison Match in 10 years with help from the returning Great Khali.
Bayley (wrestler)
Bayley (Pamela Rose Martínez), American WWE wrestler from San Jose; first WWE women's Grand Slam Champion, 2024 Royal Rumble winner, Damage CTRL founder, and 380-day SmackDown Women's Champion.
Bayram Sit
Bayram Şit (1930-2019), Turkish freestyle wrestler; Olympic featherweight gold at Helsinki 1952, silver at 1954 Tokyo Worlds, fourth at Melbourne 1956; later coached France and Turkey.
BDE (wrestler)
BDE (Brandon Collymore, "BrandonDoesEverything"), born 1999, American YouTuber turned pro wrestler signed to TNA in January 2026; debuted for Wrestling Revolver in 2025; high-flyer trained by Ace Austin and Sami Callihan.
Beach wrestling
Beach wrestling: sand-based wrestling style codified by FILA/UWW in 2004; single 3-minute bout, first to 3 points wins via takedowns, pushouts, throws; featured at ANOC Beach Games, FISU, and Dakar 2026 Youth Olympics.