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Jonathan Coachman
Jonathan Coachman, known on screen as "The Coach", is an American sportscaster who worked for WWE from 1999 to 2008 and 2018 to 2021, then ESPN.
Jonathan Gresham
Jonathan Gresham (born 1988, Atlanta) is an American technical professional wrestler, 'The Octopus', a former ROH World and Pure Champion, PROGRESS World Champion, and founder of Terminus: Modern Age Grappling.
Jonathan Haggerty
Jonathan "The General" Haggerty (born 1997, Orpington, England) is an English Muay Thai fighter and kickboxer in ONE Championship, a two-sport champion holding the ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing title and former flyweight and bantamweight Muay Thai champion.
Jonathan Martinez
Jonathan "Dragon" Martinez, born 1994, American UFC bantamweight, 19-6-0, known for devastating inside leg kicks that stopped Cub Swanson and Adrian Yanez; lost to Jose Aldo and Marcus McGhee.
Jordan Burroughs
Jordan Burroughs (born 1988) is an American freestyle wrestler, 2012 Olympic 74 kg gold medalist and six-time World champion with seven World/Olympic golds, the U.S. record, plus a two-time NCAA champion for Nebraska.
Jordynne Grace
Jordynne Grace (Patricia Forrest Parker, born 1996), "The Juggernaut", American wrestler and powerlifter; three-time TNA Knockouts World Champion, 2024 Royal Rumble guest, now signed to WWE SmackDown.
Jorge González (wrestler)
Jorge González, El Gigante and Giant Gonzales, Argentine basketball player and wrestler, drafted 54th by Atlanta Hawks in 1988, tallest billed WWE Superstar at 8 ft, died 2010 aged 44.
Jorge Gutierrez
Jorge Gutiérrez (Jorge Gutiérrez Espinosa), Cuban boxer born 1975 in Camagüey; won 2000 Sydney Olympic gold at middleweight, beating Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov 17-15; also 1999 Pan American Games champion.
Jorge Hernandez
Jorge Hernández Padrón (Jorge Hernández), Cuban amateur boxer, 1976 Olympic light-flyweight gold medalist and 1974 inaugural world champion at 48 kg; also 1975 Pan American Games champion, later a Cuban national coach.
Jorge Linares
Jorge Linares (Jorge Luis Linares Palencia, "El Niño de Oro"), Venezuelan boxer based in Japan, three-division world champion at featherweight, super featherweight, and lightweight; 47-9, 29 KOs; retired October 2023 after loss to Jack Catterall.
Jorge Masvidal
Jorge Masvidal, "Gamebred" (born 1984, Miami), American MMA welterweight; 35-17 record, fastest UFC KO (5 s vs Askren, 2019), first BMF champion, lost twice to Usman, later Gamebred FC promoter.
José Aldo
José Aldo (born 1986, Manaus, Brazil), 'King of Rio,' retired Brazilian MMA fighter, Nova União; WEC and two-time UFC featherweight champion (2,037 days), 32-10 record, UFC Hall of Famer, retired after UFC 315 in 2025.
José Benavidez Jr.
José Benavidez Jr., known as "El Phoenix," is a professional boxer who won the WBA interim super lightweight title before losing to Terence Crawford in 2018.
Jose Gomez
Jose Gomez (José Gómez Mustelier, born 1959, Las Tunas, Cuba), Cuban amateur middleweight boxer; 1980 Moscow Olympic champion, 1978 world champion, 1979 Pan American Games gold medalist; retired at 26.
José González (wrestler)
José Huertas González, aka Invader #1, Puerto Rican wrestler who debuted in Chicago in 1965, held multiple WWC titles, and was acquitted in the 1988 stabbing death of Bruiser Brody in San Juan.
José Lothario
José Lothario (Guadalupe Robledo, 1934-2018), also El Gran Lothario or Joe Garcia, Mexican-born NWA wrestler and "Super Sock" who headlined Texas and Florida territories and trained and managed Shawn Michaels.
José Pedraza (boxer)
Jose "Sniper" Pedraza (Jose Pedraza Gonzalez, born 1989) is a Puerto Rican boxer, 2008 Olympian, and former IBF super featherweight (2015-2017) and WBO lightweight (2018) world champion; record 29-7-1, 14 KOs.
José Ramírez (boxer)
José Carlos Ramírez, American boxer born 1992 in Hanford, California; 2012 Olympian and former unified WBC/WBO super lightweight world champion; lost the undisputed title to Josh Taylor in 2021; record 29-4 (18 KOs).
José Valenzuela
Jose "El Rayo" Valenzuela (born 1999), Mexican-born American southpaw boxer from Renton, Washington; WBA super lightweight champion 2024-2025 after beating Isaac Cruz, lost to Gary Antuanne Russell, avenged Edwin De Los Santos by 2026 KO.
Josef Beranek
Josef Beránek names two Czech Olympians: a Greco-Roman wrestler (1891–1959/61) at the 1912, 1920, and 1924 Games, and an ice hockey forward (born 1969, Litvínov) who won Nagano 1998 gold and played 531 NHL games.
Joseph Benavidez
Joseph Benavidez (born 1984) is a retired American MMA fighter, Team Alpha Male flyweight and WEC bantamweight, 28-8, four-time UFC title challenger who lost to Johnson, Cruz, and Figueiredo, retired 2021.
Joseph Diaz
Joseph "JoJo" Diaz Jr. (Joseph Pedroza Diaz Jr., born 1992), American southpaw boxer from South El Monte, California; 2012 Olympian, IBF super featherweight champion 2020, record about 34-10-1 (15 KOs).
Joseph Duffy (fighter)
Joseph Duffy, nicknamed "Irish Joe", is an Irish retired lightweight mixed martial artist from Donegal, best known for submitting Conor McGregor at Cage Warriors 39 in 2010.
Joseph Parker
Joseph Parker, New Zealand heavyweight boxer of Samoan heritage, former WBO world champion, lost his title to Anthony Joshua in 2018, rebuilt with wins over Wilder and Zhang, and challenged IBF champion Daniel Dubois in 2025.
Joseph Perotaux
Joseph Perotaux (1883–1967), French foil fencer of the Cercle de l'Épée de Nantes; won gold in men's team foil at the 1924 Paris Olympics with Gaudin, Cattiau, Ducret and others; his only Olympic appearance.
Josh Barnett
Josh Barnett (Joshua Lawrence Barnett), born 1977 in Seattle, is an American retired heavyweight MMA fighter who won the UFC heavyweight title at age 24.
Josh Bredl
Josh Bredl (Joshua Bredl, born 1991, Thornton, Colorado), nicknamed The Yeti, is a former CSU-Pueblo defensive end who won WWE Tough Enough 2015, wrestled in NXT as Bronson Mathews, was released, and became a fitness coach.
Josh Emmett
Josh Emmett (Joshua James Emmett, born 1985), American UFC featherweight from Sacramento, Team Alpha Male; 19-7 record, 10-7 UFC, interim title challenger, known for knockout power.
Josh Kelly (boxer)
Josh 'Pretty Boy' Kelly (born 1994), Sunderland British boxer, Rio 2016 Olympian, and IBF super welterweight world champion since January 2026; record 19-1-1 (9 KOs), first loss to David Avanesyan in 2021.
Josh Koscheck
Josh "Kos" Koscheck (born 1977, Waynesburg, PA) is a retired American MMA welterweight, NCAA Division I champion wrestler, TUF season 1 alumnus, and UFC 124 title challenger who retired in 2018 at 17-11 (15-10 UFC).