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Jim Kelly (martial artist)
Jim Kelly (James Milton Kelly, 1946-2013), American karate champion and actor, played Williams in Enter the Dragon (1973) and starred in Black Belt Jones and other 1970s martial arts blaxploitation films.
Jim Miller (fighter)
Jim Miller (A-10), born 1983, American lightweight from Sparta, New Jersey; UFC record holder for most bouts (47), most wins (28), and most lightweight wins; only fighter at UFC 100, 200, and 300.
Jim Neidhart
Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart (James Henry Neidhart, 1955 to 2018) was an American professional wrestler, a two-time WWF Tag Team Champion in The Hart Foundation with Bret Hart.
Jim Ross
Jim Ross, also known as Good Ol' JR, is an American professional wrestling commentator, a WWE Hall of Fame inductee and longtime voice of Raw.
Jimi Manuwa
Jimi Manuwa, "Poster Boy" (born 1980, Sacramento; raised in Nigeria and south London), English UFC light heavyweight, 17-6 with 15 knockouts, 6-6 in the UFC, retired June 2019 after a Rakic KO loss.
Jimmie Rivera
Jimmie Rivera, "El Terror" (born 1989, Passaic, NJ), American bantamweight MMA fighter, 23-5 pro, 7-4 in the UFC with wins over Faber, Almeida, and Dodson; now 3-2 in BKFC and a New Jersey police officer.
Jimmy Crute
Jimmy "The Brute" Crute, Australian UFC light heavyweight born 1996 in Singleton, NSW; 14-4-2 pro record, 10 first-round finishes, HEX champion, stepped away after UFC 290 before a 2025 comeback.
Jimmy Doyle (boxer)
Jimmy Doyle (Emerson James Delaney, 1924-1947) was an American welterweight boxer from Los Angeles who died after a 1947 world title loss to Sugar Ray Robinson.
Jimmy Garvin
Jimmy Garvin (James Williams, born 1952, Tampa, Florida), also "Gorgeous Jimmy" Garvin and Jimmy "Jam" Garvin, American wrestler 1969-1992, WCCW and AWA star, Fabulous Freebirds member with Michael Hayes, WWE Hall of Fame 2016.
Jimmy Hart
Jimmy Hart (James Ray Hart, born 1943), "The Mouth of the South," is a WWE Hall of Fame wrestling manager and former Gentrys singer who managed champions in Memphis, WWF, and WCW.
Jimmy Havoc
Jimmy Havoc (James McAhren) is a retired English professional wrestler from Kent, renowned for specializing in deathmatch wrestling and achieving a 609-day run as PROGRESS Champion.
Jimmy Jacobs
Jimmy Jacobs (Christopher Scoville, born 1984, Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American pro wrestler, five-time ROH World Tag Team Champion, Age of the Fall founder, and later WWE, IMPACT, and AEW creative writer and producer.
Jimmy Snuka
Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka (James Reiher, 1943–2017), Fijian-born American pro wrestler; pioneer of high-flying via the Superfly Splash and 1983 MSG cage dive; WWE Hall of Famer 1996; 1983 Argentino murder charge dismissed 2017.
Jimmy Uso
Jimmy Uso (Jonathan Fatu) is a WWE wrestler, twin brother of Jey Uso and son of Rikishi; as half of The Usos he is a record-setting, multi-time WWE tag team champion and Bloodline member.
Jimmy Valiant
Jimmy Valiant (James Harold Fanning, born 1942), American wrestler, 1964–2026; 'Handsome Jimmy' of the Valiant Brothers (WWE Hall of Fame 1996) and 1980s 'Boogie Woogie Man' of Mid-Atlantic wrestling; final match at 83.
Jimmy Young (boxer)
Jimmy Young (1948-2005), Philadelphia heavyweight contender of the 1970s; lost disputed decisions to Ali and Norton, beat Foreman and Lyle twice; record about 35-18-3, 12 KOs.
Jinder Mahal
Jinder Mahal (Yuvraj Singh Dhesi, now Raj Dhesi) is a Canadian WWE wrestler, born 1986 in Calgary, who in 2017 became the first WWE Champion of Indian descent, holding the title about four months before losing to AJ Styles; released by WWE in April 2024.
Jinny (wrestler)
Jinny, "The Fashionista", English retired professional wrestler; first female graduate of PROGRESS Wrestling's school, two-time PROGRESS Women's Champion, inaugural RevPro British Women's Champion, NXT UK 2018–2022; retired January 2023 due to a concussion; married to Gunther.
Jiří Procházka
Jiří Procházka, Czech MMA fighter, former RIZIN and former UFC light heavyweight champion (32-6-1, 28 KOs). Lost vacant-title fights to Pereira twice and Ulberg; faces Navajo Stirling in Doha, Nov 21, 2026.
Jiro Kuroshio
Jiro Kuroshio (黒潮"イケメン"次郎), real name Sōjirō Higuchi, born 1992, is a Japanese wrestler from Wrestle-1 and WWE NXT (as Ikemen Jiro), now competing as Kuroshio TOKYO Japan in AJPW.
Jiu Jitsu (film)
Jiu Jitsu is a 2020 sci-fi martial arts film directed by Dimitri Logothetis, starring Alain Moussi, Nicolas Cage, Tony Jaa, and Frank Grillo, about fighters defending Earth from alien Brax every six years; shot in Cyprus, critically panned (Metascore 27).
Jo Min Seon
Jo Min Seon (조민선, Cho Min-Sun), born 1972, South Korean judoka; 1996 Olympic gold and 2000 bronze in women's middleweight (≤66 kg), 1993 and 1995 world champion, 1988 demonstration event third place.
Joanderson Brito
Joanderson Brito (Joanderson Sa Brito, "Tubarão"), Brazilian UFC featherweight born 1995 in Santa Helena, Maranhão; 20-5-1 pro, 8-3 UFC, Chute Boxe Bauru, known for first-round knockouts and ninja-choke submissions.
Joanna Jędrzejczyk
Joanna Jędrzejczyk, Polish retired MMA fighter and six-time Muay Thai world champion; UFC women's strawweight champion 2015-2017 with five title defenses; UFC Hall of Fame Class of 2024; record 16-5.
Joaquin Buckley
Joaquin Buckley, "New Mansa", American UFC welterweight (21-8-0, 15 KOs), born 1994, St. Louis. Famous for the 2020 spinning back kick KO of Impa Kasanganay; ranked #10; next fights Mike Malott.
Job (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a job is a scripted loss by a wrestler, called a jobber, whose role is making better-known performers look stronger, a practice now labeled enhancement talent.
Jochen Bachfeld
Jochen Bachfeld (1952-2026), East German amateur boxer from Schwerin, Olympic welterweight gold medalist at Montreal 1976, also boxed featherweight at Munich 1972 and won two GDR titles.
Joe Alonzo
Joe Alonzo (Joe Alonzo Jr., born 1997, Oak Lawn, Illinois) is an American professional wrestler, former NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion and AAW champion, signed to TNA in 2026 after a Lockdown contract match win.
Joe Bugner
Joe Bugner (József Kreul Bugner, 1950–2025), Hungarian-born British-Australian heavyweight boxer; twice went 15 and 12 rounds with Muhammad Ali, lost to Frazier, beat Henry Cooper 1971, won WBF title at 48.
Joe Calzaghe
Joe Calzaghe (born 1972, London) is a Welsh former boxer, nicknamed the Pride of Wales, who held the WBO super-middleweight title over ten years, unified 168 lbs, and retired 46-0 (32 KOs) in 2009.