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Alexander Pusch

Alexander Pusch (born 1955 in Tauberbischofsheim) is a German épée fencer who won four Olympic medals for West Germany, including individual gold at Montréal 1976, and was elected Germany's Fencer of the Century in 2001.

Alexander Volkanovski

Alexander Volkanovski (born 1988, Wollongong, Australia) is an Australian UFC featherweight champion, two-time titleholder, nicknamed The Great; beat Aldo and Holloway, lost twice to Makhachev and once to Topuria, reclaimed the belt against Diego Lopes.

Alexander Volkov (Александр Волков) (fighter)

Alexander Volkov (Александр Волков), "Drago", Russian UFC heavyweight born 1988 in Moscow, 40-11-0, former Bellator and M-1 heavyweight champion, Bauman engineering graduate, ranked No. 2.

Alexander Wolfe (wrestler)

Alexander Wolfe is the WWE ring name of German wrestler Axel Tischer (born 1986, Dresden), a member of SAnitY and Imperium, NXT Tag Team Champion, and the first German to win a WWE title, now a wXw and PROGRESS mainstay.

Alexandre Iddir

Alexandre Iddir, French judoka (born 1991, Villepinte), FLAM 91 club, -100 kg half-heavyweight. Olympic mixed team gold at Tokyo 2020; =7 at Rio 2016; European bronze 2021; three Grand Prix titles.

Alexandre Lippmann

Alexandre Auguste Lippmann (1881–1960), French épée fencer and painter, grandson of Alexandre Dumas fils; won five Olympic medals, with team épée golds at London 1908 and Paris 1924.

Alexandre Pantoja

Alexandre Pantoja, "The Cannibal", Brazilian UFC flyweight champion from 2023 to 2025; won the belt from Brandon Moreno at UFC 290, defended four times, lost it to Joshua Van via 26-second elbow injury at UFC 323 and again by decision at UFC 331.

Alexis Argüello

Alexis Argüello (El Flaco Explosivo), Nicaraguan boxer (1952-2009), three-division world champion at featherweight, super featherweight, and lightweight; 82-8 with 65 KOs, IBHOF 1992, famous for two losses to Aaron Pryor.

Alexis Davis (fighter)

Alexis Davis, "Ally-Gator" (born 1984, Port Colborne, Ontario), Canadian women's bantamweight and flyweight MMA fighter, 21-11-0, UFC record 8-6, challenged Ronda Rousey at UFC 175 (16-second KO loss), TKO win over Amanda Nunes, retired 2022.

Alexxis Falcon

Alexxis Falcon (born 1997) is a British professional wrestler on the UK independent scene, known for PROGRESS, RevPro, and EVE; she won the PROGRESS Women's World Championship in January 2026 and multiple titles in 2025-2026.

Alfie Davis

Alfie Davis, "The Axe Man" (born 1992, Enfield, London), English lightweight MMA fighter and former WAKO kickboxer; 20-7-1 record, 2025 PFL lightweight tournament champion, later lost PFL title fight to Usman Nurmagomedov.

Alfredo Pezzana

Alfredo Pezzana (1893–1986), Italian épée and sabre fencer; won team épée gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics with an undefeated Italian squad and three silvers at the 1930 Liège championships; later FIS secretary 1947–1964.

Ali Abdelaziz

Ali Abdelaziz (علي عبدالعزيز), Egyptian MMA manager, former fighter and judo Olympian; founder of Dominance MMA Management representing Khabib Nurmagomedov, Kamaru Usman, Islam Makhachev; ex-WSOF executive vice president.

Ali Reza Dabir

Alireza Dabir (عليرضا دبير), Iranian freestyle wrestler born 1977 in Tehran; 2000 Sydney Olympic gold at 58 kg, 1998 world champion, later president of the Iran Wrestling Federation and Tehran City Council member.

Aliaksandr Miadved

Aliaksandr Miadved (Аляксандр Васілевіч Мядзведзь), also Aleksandr Medved, Soviet-Belarusian freestyle wrestler, 1937-2024; three straight Olympic golds 1964-1972 and seven world titles, 10 combined, later surpassed by Karelin.

Alice Bellandi

Alice Bellandi, Italian judoka born 1998 in Brescia, -78 kg Olympic champion (Paris 2024), world champion (Budapest 2025), and European champion (Tbilisi 2026), known for her seoi-otoshi.

Alice Crowley

Alice Crowley (born 2002), nicknamed Big Al, is an American independent professional wrestler associated with Juggalo Championship Wrestling; a former IWA Mid-South, Iron Heart Pro, WrestleARTS, and JCW women's champion.

Alicia Fox

Alicia Fox (Victoria Elizabeth Crawford, born 1986) is an American professional wrestler; WWE 2006-2023, first African-American Divas Champion (June 2010), later Vix Crow and TNA's Victoria Crawford.

Alicia Webb

Alicia Webb (Alicia Nicole Webb, born 1979) is a retired American wrestling valet and wrestler, aka Ryan Shamrock (WWF 1999) and Symphony (WCW), later first WSU Champion and first WSU Triple Crown winner.

Alina Dumitru

Alina Dumitru (Alina Alexandra Dumitru), Romanian judoka born 1982 in Bucharest, 48 kg division; Olympic gold Beijing 2008, silver London 2012, eight-time European champion, first Olympic champion in Romanian judo.

Alina Komashchuk

Alina Komashchuk (Аліна Іванівна Комащук), Ukrainian sabre fencer born 1993 in Netishyn; Olympic team sabre gold at Paris 2024 and silver at Rio 2016, world team champion 2013.

Aline Rotter Focken

Aline Rotter Focken (Aline Rotter-Focken, née Focken), born 1991 in Krefeld, is a retired German freestyle wrestler, 2014 world champion at 69 kg, and Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medalist at 76 kg, the first German Olympic medal in women's wrestling.

Alistair Overeem

Alistair Overeem, "The Demolition Man", Dutch heavyweight (born 1980) in MMA and kickboxing; 47-19 MMA record, Strikeforce and DREAM champion, K-1 World GP 2010 winner, UFC veteran, retired October 2023.

Aliyah (wrestler)

Aliyah (Nhooph Al-Areebi, born 1994) is a Canadian wrestler of Iraqi and Syrian descent; WWE 2015–2023, first Arab woman in a SmackDown main event, fastest WWE win (3.17s), former WWE Women's Tag Team Champion with Raquel Rodriguez.

Aljamain Sterling

Aljamain Sterling, "Funk Master" (born 1989), American UFC fighter; bantamweight champion 2021-2023, first title won by DQ, record three defenses, now #4-ranked featherweight.

All Elite Wrestling

All Elite Wrestling (AEW), American pro wrestling promotion founded by Tony Khan in 2019, launched with Double or Nothing; airs Dynamite on TBS/TNT via Warner Bros. Discovery, sells PPVs via Prime Video and DAZN, and is WWE's main US rival.

All In (2023)

All In (also promoted as AEW: All In London) was an AEW pay-per-view at Wembley Stadium, London, on August 27, 2023, with MJF retaining the AEW World Championship against Adam Cole.

All In (2024)

All In 2024 (AEW All In London) was All Elite Wrestling's August 25, 2024 pay-per-view at Wembley Stadium, headlined by Bryan Danielson beating Swerve Strickland in a title vs. career match; Mariah May and Will Ospreay also won titles.

All In (2025)

AEW All In: Texas (All In 2025) was All Elite Wrestling's July 12, 2025 pay-per-view at Globe Life Field, Arlington, its first Texas PPV and US stadium show, where Hangman Adam Page beat Jon Moxley for the AEW World Championship.

All In (2026)

AEW All In: London 2026, the fifth All In pay-per-view, held August 30, 2026 at Wembley Stadium; Will Ospreay beat Kenny Omega for his first AEW World Championship, Mercedes Moné won the Women's World Title, and seven titles changed hands.