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Jeamie Tshikeva
Jeamie "TKV" Tshikeva (Jeamie Tshikeva Kimbembi), London-born heavyweight boxer from Tottenham; won the British heavyweight title by split decision over Frazer Clarke in November 2025, lost it to Richard Riakporhe by fifth-round TKO in April 2026.
Jean Claude Magnan
Jean-Claude Magnan, French foil fencer born 1941 in Aubagne; four Olympic medals 1960-1972 including team foil gold at Mexico 1968 and individual silver at Tokyo 1964; three world titles.
Jean Delarge
Jean Delarge (Jean Joseph Delarge, 1906–1977), Belgian welterweight boxer from Liège; won gold at the 1924 Paris Olympics, beating Héctor Méndez, the only Belgian boxer with Olympic gold.
Jean Despeaux
Jean Sylvain Despeaux (1915-1989), French boxer, won middleweight gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by decision over Norway's Henry Tiller, then boxed professionally, twice French middleweight champion 1941-1945.
Jean Jacques Machado
Jean Jacques Machado (born 1968, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian-American BJJ coral-belt, 1999 ADCC 77kg champion and 2000/2001 runner-up, who built a grip-independent no-gi game despite Amniotic Band Syndrome and coaches in Woodland Hills, California.
Jean Michel Henry
Jean-Michel Henry, French épée fencer born 1963 in Marseille, four-time Olympian (1984-1996) with four Olympic medals including team épée gold at Seoul 1988, and world team champion in 1983 and 1994.
Jean Noel Ferrari
Jean-Noël Ferrari, born 1974 in Nice, is a French right-handed foil fencer, Olympic team gold medalist at Sydney 2000, four-time world team medalist, and now a fencing master at OGC Nice Escrime.
Jean Pascal
Jean Pascal, born Jean-Thenistor Pascal in Port-au-Prince in 1982, is a Haitian-born Canadian boxer, WBC light heavyweight champion from 2009 to 2011 and WBA regular champion from 2019 to 2021.
Jean Piot
Jean Piot (1890–1961), French fencer from Saint-Quentin, won two team gold medals (foil and épée) at the 1932 Olympics, competed in 1928 and 1936, refereed in 1924, and later coached at the Paris Prefecture of Police fencing school.
Jean Silva
Jean "Lord" Silva, Brazilian UFC featherweight from Foz do Iguaçu, Fighting Nerds fighter, 18-3 record with 12 knockouts, Contender Series 2023 graduate, ranked #5.
Jean Stern
Jean Stern (Léon Antoine Jean Stern, 1875–1962), French épée fencer and 1908 London Olympic team épée gold medalist; distinct from other Olympic athletes named Stern.
Jeet Kune Do (截拳道)
Jeet Kune Do (截拳道), Way of the Intercepting Fist, is Bruce Lee's martial art and combat philosophy, named in 1967, built on interception, directness, economy of motion, and freedom from fixed style.
Jeff Blatnick
Jeff Blatnick (Jeffrey Carl Blatnick, 1957–2012), American super-heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler, 1984 Olympic gold medalist after surviving Hodgkin's disease; later UFC commentator who helped name and regulate mixed martial arts.
Jeff Cobb
Jeff Cobb (Jeffrey Cobb, JC Mateo, Matanza Cueto), born 1982 in Honolulu, is an American wrestler, 2004 Guam Olympian, and champion in Lucha Underground, ROH, PWG, NJPW, and WWE.
Jeff Hardy
Jeff Hardy (Jeffrey Nero Hardy, born 1977) is an American professional wrestler known for his high-flying style and tag team career with his brother Matt as The Hardy Boyz.
Jeff Horn
Jeff Horn, Australian boxer born 1988, beat Manny Pacquiao by unanimous decision in Brisbane in July 2017 to win the WBO welterweight title, then lost it to Terence Crawford in 2018.
Jeff Jarrett
Jeff Jarrett (Jeffrey Leonard Jarrett), "Double J," American wrestler and promoter; four-time WCW World Champion, six-time WWE Intercontinental Champion, co-founder of TNA/Impact Wrestling, WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2018, now with AEW.
Jeff Mayweather
Jeff "Jazzy" Mayweather, American boxer from Grand Rapids, Michigan, based in Las Vegas; youngest Mayweather brother, IBO super featherweight champion 1994–1995, 32-10-5 record, later trainer of Sultan Ibragimov and uncle of Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Jeff Monson
Jeff "The Snowman" Monson (born 1971), American-born heavyweight MMA fighter and grappler, 60-26-1 record, UFC 65 title challenger, who became a Russian citizen, Communist Party member, and Bashkortostan regional parliament deputy.
Jennifer Maia
Jennifer Maia, Brazilian women's flyweight MMA fighter (born 1988), former two-time-defended Invicta FC champion, UFC 2018-2023, challenged Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 255, now back in Invicta FC.
Jeno Fuchs
Jenő Fuchs (1882–1955), Hungarian sabre fencer and lawyer, won four Olympic golds: individual and team sabre at London 1908 and Stockholm 1912; later Secretary-General of the Budapest Stock Exchange.
Jens Pulver
Jens Pulver, "Lil' Evil" (born 1974), American retired MMA fighter and first UFC lightweight champion, beating Caol Uno at UFC 30 in 2001 and B.J. Penn in 2002; 27-19-1 record, UFC Hall of Fame Class of 2023.
Jeon Gi Yeong
Jeon Gi Yeong (전기영, Jeon Ki-Young), born 1973, South Korean judoka; 1996 Atlanta Olympic middleweight (-86 kg) champion and three-time world champion (1993, 1995, 1997); retired 1997; IJF Hall of Fame 2015; Yong-In University professor.
Jeong Jae Eun
Jeong Jae Eun (정재은), also romanized Jung Jae-Eun, South Korean taekwondo athlete born 1980; won gold in women's featherweight -57kg at Sydney 2000, taekwondo's first Olympic Games as a medal sport, and the 1997 World Championships.
Jeremy Horn
Jeremy Horn "Gumby" (born 1975, Omaha, Nebraska) is a retired American MMA light heavyweight-middleweight pioneer: 92-22-5 (1 NC) per Sherdog, 6-7 in the UFC, beat Liddell, Griffin, and Sonnen three times, and now coaches at Elite Performance in Utah.
Jeremy Stephens
Jeremy Stephens, "Lil' Heathen" (born 1986, Des Moines, Iowa), American MMA fighter, UFC featherweight/lightweight veteran since 2007; 29-23-0 (1 NC), 19 KO wins, five UFC main events, later PFL and BKFC, returned to UFC in 2025.
Jermain Taylor
Jermain Taylor (born 1978, Little Rock, Arkansas), nicknamed Bad Intentions, is an American boxer who won 2000 Olympic light-middleweight bronze and in 2005 beat Bernard Hopkins to take the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO middleweight titles in one fight, a first for a male boxer.
Jermall Charlo
Jermall Charlo, "Hit Man" (born 1990, Richmond, Texas), undefeated American boxer, twin brother of Jermell; IBF 154-pound champion 2015 and WBC middleweight champion 2019, 34-0 with 23 KOs, now campaigning at super middleweight.
Jermell Charlo
Jermell Charlo, "Iron Man" (born 1990), American super welterweight boxer, twin brother of Jermall Charlo; first undisputed male 154-pound champion of the four-belt era, 35-2-1 (19 KOs), inactive since a 2023 loss to Canelo Alvarez.
Jérôme Le Banner
Jérôme "Geronimo" Le Banner is a French heavyweight kickboxer, born in Le Havre in 1972, who starred in Japan's K-1 promotion and also works as an actor.