Combat sports and professional wrestling

Bear Bronson

Bear Bronson (Joseph Fitzgerald, born 1995), American professional wrestler from East Islip, New York; ex-Bear Country and Iron Savages tag wrestler in AEW/ROH, now signed to TNA and a member of The System.

Beatrice Vio

Beatrice Vio, known as Bebe Vio, is an Italian wheelchair fencer who won Paralympic foil gold at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 despite losing all four limbs.

Bec Rawlings

Bec Rawlings, "Rowdy", is an Australian professional fighter from Tasmania who competed at strawweight and flyweight in the UFC and Bellator and won the BKFC women's featherweight title.

Becky Lynch

Becky Lynch (Rebecca Quin, born 1987, Dublin) is an Irish WWE wrestler, "The Man," 2019 Royal Rumble winner, first woman to main event WrestleMania, and a record three-time Women's Intercontinental Champion.

Bekzat Almakhan (Бекзат Алмахан)

Bekzat Almakhan (Бекзат Алмахан), "The Turan Warrior", Kazakh bantamweight MMA fighter born 1997; 12-4 record with 10 knockouts, karate black belt, Zhekpe Zhek world champion; UFC 1-3, beat Brad Katona at UFC 315, lost to Nurmagomedov, Topuria, Matsumoto.

Bekzat Sattarkhanov

Bekzat Sattarkhanov (Бекзат·Seyilkhanov Sattarkhanov) was a Kazakh amateur boxer who won gold in the men's featherweight at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, dying in a car accident just three months later.

Belal Muhammad

Belal Muhammad, "Remember the Name", American UFC welterweight from Chicago; won the title from Leon Edwards at UFC 304 (July 2024), lost it to Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 315 (2025), then lost to Ian Machado Garry and Gabriel Bonfim.

Bellator MMA

Bellator MMA, American MMA promotion founded in 2008 by Bjorn Rebney with a tournament format; long the No. 2 promotion behind the UFC; acquired by the PFL from Paramount Global in November 2023 and retired as a brand in 2025.

Ben Askren

Ben Askren, 'Funky,' American retired MMA fighter and 2008 Olympic wrestler; two-time NCAA champion at Missouri; Bellator and ONE welterweight champion; 19-2 (1 NC) record; 2025 double lung transplant.

Ben Peterson

Ben Peterson (Benjamin Lee Peterson, born 1950, Cumberland, Wisconsin), American freestyle wrestler, Iowa State NCAA champion 1971-72; Olympic gold at 90 kg Munich 1972, silver Montreal 1976, 1980 boycotted team; brother of John Peterson.

Ben Rothwell

Ben Rothwell ("Big", born 1981, Kenosha, Wisconsin) is an American heavyweight MMA and bare-knuckle fighter; UFC veteran (9-8), former BKFC Heavyweight Champion (2025), lost title defense to Arlovski in 2026.

Beneil Dariush

Beneil Dariush, Iranian-born American UFC lightweight, Kings MMA southpaw, born 1989; 23-8-1 record, eight-fight streak 2018-2022, wins over Ferguson, Gamrot, Moicano.

Benjamin Kleibrink

Benjamin Kleibrink (born 1985, Düsseldorf), German left-handed foil fencer; Olympic individual gold Beijing 2008 beating Yuki Ota 15–9, team bronze London 2012, five-time German champion, later DFB leading national coach for men's foil.

Benny Bass

Benny Bass, born Benjamin Baruch J. Bass (1904–1975), was an American boxer from Philadelphia, nicknamed "Little Fish", who held NBA featherweight and world junior lightweight titles.

Benny Paret

Benny "Kid" Paret, Cuban welterweight boxing champion, died April 3, 1962, ten days after Emile Griffith knocked him out in their televised Madison Square Garden title fight, prompting investigations and boxing safety reforms.

Benny Urquidez

Benny Urquidez, known as Benny "The Jet", is an American former professional kickboxer who won multiple world titles across five weight classes between 1974 and the mid-1980s.

Benoît Saint-Denis

Benoît Saint-Denis, "God of War", is a French UFC lightweight born in Nîmes in 1995, a former 1er RPIMa special forces operator who turned pro in 2019, debut loss to Zaleski, wins over Hooker, Dariush, Ruffy, loss to Pimblett at UFC 329.

Benson Henderson

Benson "Smooth" Henderson (born Nov. 16, 1983) is an American MMA fighter, former WEC and UFC lightweight champion (552 days as undisputed UFC champ), who retired 30-12 in 2023 and returned at PFL Brussels 2026, losing to Patrick Habirora by 20-second KO.

Bep van Klaveren

Bep van Klaveren (Lambertus Steenhorst, "The Dutch Windmill"), Dutch boxer, 1928 Olympic featherweight gold medalist in Amsterdam, the only Dutch boxer with Olympic gold; later European lightweight and middleweight champion.

Bermane Stiverne

Bermane Stiverne (born 1978), Haitian-Canadian heavyweight boxer, WBC heavyweight champion 2014-2015; won vacant title by TKO6 over Chris Arreola, first Haitian-born world heavyweight champion, lost belt to Deontay Wilder.

Bernard Gravier

Bernard Gravier (1881-1923), French épée fencer, Olympic team épée gold medalist at London 1908 with Gaston Alibert and Alexandre Lippmann; his only Olympic appearance.

Bernard Hopkins

Bernard Hopkins, the Executioner and the Alien, American boxer born 1965 in Philadelphia; record 20 straight middleweight title defenses, undisputed champion 2001-2005, oldest world champion at 48, retired 2016 at 55-8-2.

Bernard Schmetz

Bernard Schmetz (1904-1966), French épée fencer, Olympic team gold 1932, silver 1928, bronze 1936; 1937 world individual épée champion with nine World Championship medals.

Bernhoff Hansen

Bernhoff Otelius Hansen (1877-1950), Norwegian-born wrestler from Saltdal who won 1904 St. Louis Olympic freestyle heavyweight gold for Brooklyn Norwegier Turnverein; still a Norwegian citizen, medal credited to USA.

Bert Schneider

Bert Schneider (Julius Gustav Albert Schneider, 1897–1986) was a Canadian boxer, born in Cleveland, who won welterweight gold at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics for Canada and later turned professional.

Bertalan Papp

Bertalan Papp (1913–1992), Hungarian sabre fencer, two-time Olympic team gold medalist (London 1948, Helsinki 1952) and world team champion 1953 and 1954; later Honvéd fencing head and film stuntman. Distinct from the UWW Greco-Roman wrestler of the same name.

Beslan Mudranov

Beslan Mudranov (Беслан Мудранов), born 1986, is a retired Russian judoka who won the 60 kg gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Russia's first medal there.

Best of the Super Juniors

Best of the Super Juniors (BOSJ, ベスト・オブ・ザ・スーパージュニア), formerly Top of the Super Juniors, is NJPW's annual round-robin junior heavyweight (under 100 kg) tournament, founded 1988; the winner earns an IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship shot, most recently won by YOH in 2026.

Beth Phoenix

Beth Phoenix (Elizabeth Copeland, née Kociański), American retired WWE wrestler nicknamed The Glamazon; three-time Women's Champion, Divas Champion, 2017 WWE Hall of Fame inductee, second woman in the Royal Rumble, wife of Edge.