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Hulk Hogan

Hulk Hogan, ring name of Terry Gene Bollea (1953-2025), American pro wrestler whose 1984 WWF title win over the Iron Sheik launched Hulkamania; six WWE and six WCW titles, nWo leader, Gawker plaintiff.

Hulk Hogan's championships and accomplishments

Hulk Hogan's championships and accomplishments: Terry Bollea's six (WWE profile) or five (WWE obituary) WWE Championships, 12 recognized world title reigns across WWE and WCW, WrestleMania III's 93,173-fan record, and three WWE Hall of Fame inductions.

Humberto Carrillo

Humberto Carrillo (Berto), born 1995 in Monterrey, Mexican third-generation luchador of the Garza family; WWE SmackDown wrestler, former Último Ninja, Los Garza tag team with cousin Angel, AAA Trios and Tag Team Champion.

Hung Ga (洪家)

Hung Ga (洪家, Hung Kuen, Hung Family Fist) is a Southern Shaolin kung fu style from the 1800s, founded by Hung Hei Guen and made famous by Wong Fei-hung, known for horse stance, bridge hands, tiger-crane forms, and Hong Kong cinema.

Huo Yuanjia

Huo Yuanjia (霍元甲, 1868–1910), Tianjin-born master of Mizongquan, founded Shanghai's Jingwu Athletic Association in 1910; famed for challenge matches against foreign fighters and posthumously mythologized as a Chinese national hero.

Huseyin Ozkan

Hüseyin Özkan (Bisultanov), born 1972 in Argun, Chechnya, is a Turkish judoka, Sydney 2000 Olympic gold medallist at 66 kg, Türkiye's first and only Olympic judo champion, 1999 world silver medallist, and later national coach.

Hwang Gyeong Seon

Hwang Gyeong Seon (황경선, Hwang Kyung-Seon), born 1986 in Seoul, South Korean taekwondo fighter; women's -67 kg Olympic bronze 2004 and golds 2008 and 2012, first woman medaling at three straight Games.

Hyan (wrestler)

Hyan (Hyaneyoung Gerard, née Olvera; born 1992, Houston, Texas) is an American professional wrestler trained by Booker T at Reality of Wrestling, a multi-time independent champion now in AEW and ROH as half of Hyan & Maya World.

Hybrid martial arts

Hybrid martial arts, also called hybrid fighting systems, integrate striking, clinch and throws, and ground grappling into a single system, overlapping with but broader than MMA.

Iaido (居合道)

Iaido (居合道, iai) is the Japanese art of drawing, cutting, and re-sheathing the sword in solo kata; standardized as 12 ZNKR forms, distinct from kendo and kenjutsu.

Iaijutsu (居合術)

Iaijutsu (居合術), also called battōjutsu, is the classical Japanese art of drawing the sword and cutting in one motion, founded by Hayashizaki Jinsuke Shigenobu; its modern successor is iaido under the All Japan Kendo Federation.

Ian Machado Garry

Ian Machado Garry, 'The Future', Irish UFC welterweight born Dublin 1997, Cage Warriors champion, 17-2 record, lost UFC 330 title fight to Islam Makhachev by unanimous decision, August 15, 2026.

Ian McCall (fighter)

Ian "Uncle Creepy" McCall (born 1984) is a retired American flyweight MMA fighter, 13-7-1, Sherdog's 2011 Comeback Fighter of the Year, known for the disputed majority draw with Demetrious Johnson in the first UFC flyweight fight.

İbo Aslan

İbo Aslan (Halil İbrahim Demiraslan, born 1996), "The Last Ottoman", is a Turkish-Austrian UFC light heavyweight from Niğde based in Vienna; 14-4 record with all 14 wins by knockout, 2-3 in the UFC.

Ibrahim Moustafa

Ibrahim Moustafa (ابراهيم مصطفى), Egyptian Greco-Roman wrestler (1904–1968) from Alexandria; 1928 Amsterdam Olympic light-heavyweight champion, Egypt's second Olympic champion, later national coach who died at the 1968 Games.

Ibtihaj Muhammad

Ibtihaj Muhammad (born 1985, Maplewood, NJ) is an American sabre fencer, 2016 Olympic team bronze medalist, first U.S. woman to compete in the Olympics in hijab, first Muslim American woman to win an Olympic medal, Louella founder, and author of PROUD.

Idalys Ortiz

Idalys Ortiz Bocourt, Cuban judoka in women's +78 kg; Olympic bronze 2008, gold 2012, silvers 2016 and 2020; four Pan American Games golds, double world champion; retired after Paris 2024.

Igor Severino

Igor "The Hannibal" Severino (Igor da Silva Severino, born 2003) is a Brazilian bantamweight MMA fighter, OKTAGON champion, disqualified and released by the UFC in 2024 for biting Andre Lima.

Igor Vovchanchyn (Ігор Ярославович Вовчанчин)

Igor "Ice Cold" Vovchanchyn (Ігор Ярославович Вовчанчин), born 1973, is a retired Ukrainian kickboxer and MMA heavyweight, 56-10-1 NC with 41 knockouts, 2000 Pride Grand Prix finalist, who never fought in the UFC.

Ihar Makarau

Ihar Makarau (Ігар Віктаравіч Макараў), Belarusian judoka born 1979 in Homel; Olympic gold in men's 100 kg at Athens 2004, equal fifth at +100 kg in London 2012, world bronze 2003, European champion 2010.

Ike Ibeabuchi

Ike Ibeabuchi, born Ikemefula Charles Ibeabuchi in 1973, is a Nigerian heavyweight boxer who went 20-0 with 15 knockouts in the 1990s, beating David Tua and Chris Byrd.

Ikram Aliskerov (Икрам Алискеров)

Ikram Aliskerov (Икрам Алискеров), born 1992 in Makhachkala, Dagestan, is a Russian UFC middleweight and four-time combat sambo world champion; 18-2 pro, known for kimura submissions, losses only to Chimaev and Whittaker.

Ilaria Salvatori

Ilaria Salvatori (born 1979, Frascati) is an Italian right-handed foil fencer, Olympic team foil gold medalist at London 2012 and bronze medalist at Beijing 2008, also world and European team champion.

Ildiko Rejto Ujlaky Sagi

Ildikó Rejtő-Ujlaky-Sági (born 1937), Hungarian foil fencer, deaf from birth; seven Olympic medals 1960–1976 including individual and team foil gold at Tokyo 1964, five world titles.

Ildiko Schwarczenberger Tordasi

Ildikó Schwarczenberger-Tordasi (Tordasi Ildikó), Hungarian foil fencer, 1951-2015; Olympic individual foil gold at Montreal 1976, four Olympic medals, 11 World Championship medals, 1973 Hungarian Sportswoman of the Year.

Ilgar Mamedov

Ilgar Mamedov (Ильгар Яшар-оглы Мамедов, İlqar Yaşar oğlu Məmmədov), born 1965 in Baku, is a Russian foil fencer, two-time Olympic team gold medalist (Seoul 1988, Atlanta 1996), 1989 world champion, and later head coach of Russia's national fencing team and president of the Russian Fencing Federation.

Ilia Topuria (ილია თოფურია)

Ilia Topuria (ილია თოფურია), El Matador, Georgian-Spanish UFC mixed martial artist born 1997; first undefeated two-division UFC champion, featherweight then lightweight titleholder, 17-0 before losing to Justin Gaethje at UFC Freedom 250 in 2026.

Ilir Latifi

Ilir Latifi, "The Sledgehammer", Swedish heavyweight MMA fighter in the UFC (17-9-0), Albanian-born, Greco-Roman wrestling base, famous for his five-days'-notice 2013 UFC debut against Gegard Mousasi and his 2020 move up from light heavyweight to fight Derrick Lewis.

Ilja Dragunov (Илья Рукобер)

Ilja Dragunov (Илья Рукобер, Il'ja Rukober), born 1993 in Moscow, is a Russian-German pro wrestler, ex-wXw star and former WWE NXT UK, NXT, and United States Champion who left WWE in August 2026 and reportedly signed with AEW.

Ilona Elek Schacherer

Ilona Elek Schacherer (Elek Ilona, 1907-1988), Hungarian foil fencer; first Hungarian woman Olympic champion, gold 1936 and 1948, silver 1952; 11 world golds; sister of Margit Elek.