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Kota Ibushi (飯伏幸太)
Kota Ibushi (飯伏幸太), born 1982, is a Japanese professional wrestler nicknamed The Golden Star; DDT and NJPW star, first IWGP World Heavyweight Champion (2021), now with AEW, recovering from a 2025 broken femur.
Kotaro Kiyooka
Kotaro Kiyooka (清岡 幸大郎) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler who secured a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics by defeating Iran's Rahman Amouzad in the final.
Kowat al rami
Kowat al rami (قوة الرمي, "Power of the Throw") is an Arabian martial art and combat sport founded in 1980 by Dr. Walid Kassas, combining striking, grappling, and throws, governed by the WFKA and practiced across Arab, Asian, European, and African countries.
Krav Maga (קרב מגע)
Krav Maga (קרב מגע, Hebrew 'close combat') is an Israeli self-defense system founded by Imi Lichtenfeld, developed for the IDF from the 1940s, opened to civilians in 1964, and now split into organizations such as IKMF and KMG.
Kris Statlander
Kris Statlander (Kristen Stadtlander, born 1995) is an American AEW wrestler, former TBS Champion (2023) and AEW Women's World Champion (2025), formerly the alien 'Galaxy's Greatest Alien' gimmick.
Kristal Marshall
Kristal Marshall (born 1983) is an American model and former WWE Diva, fourth in the 2005 Raw Diva Search, SmackDown interviewer in the Teddy Long wedding angle, later the first African-American IFBB Bikini Pro.
Kristian Prenga
Kristian Prenga, born 1991 in Orosh, Albania, is an Albanian heavyweight boxer and former two-time European kickboxing champion based in Edgewater, NJ. Record 20-2 with all 20 wins by KO; lost to Anthony Joshua by second-round KO in Jeddah, July 2026, after twice knocking him down.
Kristjan Palusalu
Kristjan Palusalu (born Trossmann, 1908–1987), Estonian heavyweight wrestler; won 1936 Berlin Olympic gold in both Greco-Roman and freestyle (>87 kg), the only heavyweight to do so at one Games; 1937 European champion.
Kron Gracie
Kron Gracie (born 1988, Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian-American MMA fighter and grappler, son of Rickson Gracie and grandson of Helio Gracie; 2013 ADCC champion, black belt under Rickson, and UFC and RIZIN competitor with a 5-3-0 pro record.
Krzysztof Soszynski
Krzysztof Soszynski, "The Polish Experiment" (born 1977, Stalowa Wola, Poland), Polish-Canadian UFC light heavyweight, TUF 8 semifinalist, 26-12-1 record, kimura specialist; retired 2011, later UFC Gym director and actor in Logan.
KSI vs Logan Paul
KSI vs Logan Paul: two boxing matches between YouTubers KSI and Logan Paul; the 2018 amateur bout in Manchester ended in a draw, and the 2019 professional rematch in Los Angeles was won by KSI via split decision.
KSI vs Tommy Fury
KSI vs Tommy Fury: 14 October 2023 cruiserweight bout at Manchester's AO Arena on Misfits x DAZN X Series 10: The Prime Card; professional boxer Tommy Fury beat YouTuber KSI by majority decision, later corrected to unanimous, after a scorecard error and a point deduction.
KSI vs. Logan Paul II
KSI vs. Logan Paul II, the 9 November 2019 Staples Center rematch, was both fighters' professional boxing debut; KSI won a six-round split decision after Logan Paul's fourth-round two-point deduction for hitting while KSI was down.
Kubrat Pulev (Кубрат Венков Пулев)
Kubrat Pulev (Кубрат Пулев), Bulgarian heavyweight boxer born 1981 in Sofia, "The Cobra". European amateur gold 2008; lost IBF title to Klitschko 2014 and to Joshua 2020; later WBA heavyweight champion, losing it to Gassiev in 2025.
Kumite (组手)
Kumite (組手) is karate sparring, from prearranged drills to free sparring; WKF sport kumite uses controlled contact, yuko/waza-ari/ippon scoring to eight points, on an 8 m tatami.
Kun lbokator
Kun Lbokator (Bokator, គុនល្បុក្កតោ) is Cambodia's ancient martial art of close-quarter striking, grappling, and weapons, organized into 12 gates and 7 krama levels; UNESCO-inscribed in 2022 and a 2023 SEA Games discipline.
Kung fu (term)
Kung fu (功夫, gongfu) is a Chinese word for time, effort, and cultivated skill, not originally a martial arts term; the proper Chinese name is wushu. Bruce Lee's 1970s films made it the first Chinese martial arts term in the OED.
Kurt Angle
Kurt Angle (born 1968, Pittsburgh) is an American retired wrestler, 1996 Atlanta Olympic freestyle gold medalist, WWE and TNA Hall of Famer, four-time WWE Champion and five-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion.
Kurt Leucht
Kurt Leucht (1903–1974), German Greco-Roman wrestler of SC Nürnberg 04, won bantamweight (58 kg) gold at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, took silver at the 1931 Prague Europeans, retired 1932, and became an international referee.
Kurt Pettersen
Kurt Pettersén (Kurt Pettersen), Swedish wrestler (1916-1957) from Borås, Borås BK; won Greco-Roman bantamweight gold at London 1948 by 3-0 decision over Egypt's Mahmoud Hassan; three European silvers, 22 Swedish titles.
Kurtis Chapman
Kurtis Chapman, 'Mad Kurt' (1997-2023), English professional wrestler from Portsmouth; RevPro Undisputed British Cruiserweight Champion 2017, Keyboard Warrior gimmick, died at 26, RevPro Hall of Fame 2025.
Kustaa Pihlajamäki
Kustaa Pihlajamäki (1902–1944), Finnish freestyle wrestler from Nurmo; Olympic gold 1924 and 1936, silver 1928, record 28 Finnish titles, first Finnish wrestler in the FILA Hall of Fame.
Kye Sun Hui
Kye Sun Hui (계순희, 桂順姫), born 1979 in Pyongyang, is a North Korean judoka, Olympic -48 kg champion at Atlanta 1996 after beating Ryoko Tamura, with Sydney bronze, Athens silver, and four world titles.
Kyle Dake
Kyle Dake (born 1991), American freestyle wrestler; four-time NCAA champion at Cornell at four weight classes (137-4), four-time World champion, two-time Olympic bronze medalist at 74 kg, 2026 World Team at 86 kg.
Kyle O'Reilly
Kyle O'Reilly (Kyle Greenwood, born 1987, Delta, British Columbia) is a Canadian AEW wrestler, ex-ROH World Champion, 3-time NXT Tag Team Champion with Undisputed Era, reDRagon founder, known for BJJ-based technical style.
Kyle Snyder (wrestler)
Kyle Snyder, American freestyle wrestler, youngest U.S. Olympic wrestling champion (gold, Rio 2016, age 20), three-time NCAA champion for Ohio State, world champion 2015 and 2017, Tokyo 2020 silver medalist.
Kylie Rae
Kylie Rae, real name Brianna Rae Sparrey (born 1992, Chicago), is an American professional wrestler who debuted in 2016 for Booker T's Reality of Wrestling, appeared at AEW's first Double or Nothing, wrestled for Impact and the NWA, and later won the WWE ID Women's Championship before returning to the independents.
Kyoji Horiguchi (堀口恭司)
Kyoji Horiguchi (堀口恭司), the "Karate Kid," is a Japanese flyweight MMA fighter, 36-6-0, former Shooto, Rizin, and Bellator bantamweight champion, now in his second UFC stint.
Kyokushin (極真)
Kyokushin (極真, "ultimate truth") is a full-contact karate style founded by Masutatsu Oyama (1923–1994). It was formalized in 1964 as the International Karate Organization Kyokushinkaikan (IKO).
Kyosti Lehtonen
Kyösti Lehtonen (Kyösti Eemil Lehtonen, Köpi), Finnish Greco-Roman wrestler, 1956 Melbourne Olympic lightweight gold medalist, World silver medalist 1953 and 1955, nine-time Finnish champion, later national coach.