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Manut Boonjumnong
Manut (Manus) Boonjumnong, มนัส บุญจำนงค์, Thai light welterweight boxer born 1980 in Ratchaburi; won 2004 Athens Olympic gold and 2008 Beijing silver at 64 kg, the only Thai boxer with two Olympic medals, later convicted of lottery fraud in 2025.
Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling
Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling (MLP), Canadian indie promotion founded August 8, 2024 by ex-TNA president Scott D'Amore in Toronto; spiritual successor to Frank Tunney's Maple Leaf Wrestling; airs Mayhem on TSN2 and MyAEW, runs PPVs on YouTube and TrillerTV.
Marc Alexandre
Marc Alexandre (Marc Robert Alexandre), born 1959 in Paris, French judoka, USO Orléans; Olympic gold 1988 Seoul -71 kg, bronze 1984 Los Angeles -65 kg, world silver 1987 Essen; later French national coach and Pôle France Marseille head.
Marc Diakiese
Marc "Bonecrusher" Diakiese (born 1993, Kinshasa) is a Congolese lightweight MMA fighter, ex-BAMMA champion, 8-7 in the UFC, later PFL and OKTAGON; pro record 18-9-0.
Marc Mero
Marc Mero (born 1960), also Johnny B. Badd, is a retired American wrestler, three-time WCW TV Champion and WWF Intercontinental Champion, now a motivational speaker via Champion of Choices.
Marcel Cerdan
Marcel Cerdan (Marcellin Cerdan, 1916-1949), French boxer nicknamed Le Bombardier Marocain; world middleweight champion 1948-49 after beating Tony Zale, lost to Jake LaMotta, died in an Azores air crash.
Marcel Desprets
Marcel Desprets (Marcel Cyr Desprets, 1906–1973), French épée fencer with Racing Club de France; Olympic team épée gold at London 1948 and world team titles in 1935 and 1947.
Marcel Fischer
Marcel Fischer (born 1978, Biel/Bienne) is a Swiss épée fencer, Olympic champion at Athens 2004 (beat Wang Lei 15–9), the first Swiss Olympic fencing gold medalist, 2004 World Cup winner, later a physician.
Marcello Bertinetti
Marcello Bertinetti, Italian fencer and physician from Vercelli, won four Olympic fencing medals (team sabre gold 1924, team épée gold 1928, silver 1908, bronze 1924) and captained Pro Vercelli to the 1908 Italian football title.
Marcelo Garcia (grappler)
Marcelo Garcia (Marcelo Garcia Vespúcio), Brazilian jiu-jitsu grappler born 1983 in Formiga, Minas Gerais; five-time IBJJF World Champion and four-time ADCC champion known for butterfly guard, X-guard, arm drags, and guillotines; returned at ONE 170 in 2025 after stomach cancer.
Marcin Tybura
Marcin "Tybur" Tybura, Polish heavyweight MMA fighter born 1985 in Uniejow, former M-1 Global champion, UFC veteran since 2016 known for grappling and top control, record about 27-12.
Marco Antonio Barrera
Marco Antonio Barrera (Marco Antonio Barrera Tapia, born 1974), Mexican boxer nicknamed the Baby Faced Assassin; three-division world champion, 67-7 (44 KOs), famous for the Erik Morales trilogy and beating Naseem Hamed; IBHOF 2017.
Marco Fichera
Marco Fichera (born 1993) is an Italian épée fencer who won Olympic team silver at Rio 2016 and two golds at the 2010 Youth Olympics.
Marco Marin
Marco Marin (born 1963, Padova) is an Italian sabre fencer and politician; Olympic team gold 1984, individual silvers 1984 and 1992, team bronze 1988, world team champion 1995, later an Italian senator and deputy.
Marcos Maidana
Marcos "El Chino" Maidana, Argentine boxer from Margarita, Santa Fe; WBA super lightweight and welterweight champion; 35 wins, 31 KOs; famous for the 2013 Broner upset and two 2014 losses to Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Marcus Blaze
Marcus Blaze (born 2006) is an American freestyle wrestler from Perrysburg, Ohio; U17 and U20 World champion, Penn State 133-pound NCAA All-American, and 2026 Senior World Team member at 61 kg.
Marcus McGhee
Marcus "The Maniac" McGhee, born 1990, Detroit, is a UFC bantamweight from The MMA Lab, Phoenix. Pro record 12-2 (9 KO, 1 submission), UFC 6-1, only loss to Petr Yan, 2023 debut on three days' notice.
Marek Dabrowski
Marek Roman Dabrowski (born 1949, Gliwice) is a Polish foil fencer, Olympic team gold medalist at Munich 1972, six-time world championship medalist, and a distinct figure from the motorcycle racer and economist of the same name.
Margherita Zalaffi
Margherita Zalaffi (born 1966, Siena), Italian fencer in foil and épée; five Olympics 1984–2000; gold team foil Barcelona 1992, silvers Seoul 1988 and Atlanta 1996; only woman with Olympic medals in two weapons.
Maria Espinoza
María del Rosario Espinoza (Chayito), Mexican taekwondo heavyweight born 1987 in Guasave, Sinaloa; Olympic gold Beijing 2008, bronze London 2012, silver Rio 2016; world champion 2007; now coaches Mexico's para taekwondo team.
Maria Kanellis
Maria Kanellis (Maria Kanellis-Bennett), American professional wrestler and manager from Illinois; 2004 WWE Diva Search finalist, Raw interviewer, Diva of the Year 2009, 24/7 Champion, Knockouts Champion, wife of Mike Bennett, left AEW/ROH in January 2025.
Mariah May
Mariah May is the ring name of Mariah May Mead, an English professional wrestler who held the AEW Women's World Championship and competes in WWE as Blake Monroe.
Marian Kasprzyk
Marian Kasprzyk (Marian Krzysztof Kasprzyk), Polish amateur boxer nicknamed 'Polski Papp'; Olympic welterweight gold at Tokyo 1964 despite a broken thumb, light-welterweight bronze at Rome 1960; never a Polish national champion; died 2 February 2026.
Marie Claire Restoux
Marie-Claire Restoux (Restoux-Gasset), French judoka born 1968 in La Rochefoucauld, -52 kg specialist. Olympic champion Atlanta 1996 and double world champion (Chiba 1995, Paris 1997), bronze at Birmingham 1999.
Mariel Zagunis
Mariel Zagunis, American sabre fencer born 1985 in Portland, Oregon; two-time Olympic champion in women's individual sabre (2004, 2008), two team bronzes, five-time Olympian, most decorated US fencer.
Marigold Dream Star Grand Prix 2026
Marigold Dream Star Grand Prix 2026 (DREAM✴︎STAR GP2026), third annual round-robin joshi tournament by Dream Star Fighting Marigold, August 28 to September 20, 2026, 24 wrestlers in four leagues, won by Victoria Yuzuki over Rea Seto.
Marina Shafir
Marina Shafir, Moldovan pro wrestler and former MMA fighter in AEW's Death Riders, nicknamed The Problem, known for judo-based style and WWE NXT past.
Marine Corps Martial Arts Program
The Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) is the USMC's combat system, established 2001, with tan through black belts, four technique areas, three disciplines, and 'one mind, any weapon.'
Mario Aldo Montano
Mario Aldo Montano (born 1948, Livorno), Italian sabre fencer nicknamed Mauzzino; Olympic team sabre gold 1972 and silver 1976, 1980; world individual champion 1973 and 1974; father of Aldo Montano.
Mario Barrios
Mario "El Azteca" Barrios, born 1995 in San Antonio, Texas, is an American boxer, former WBA super lightweight and WBC welterweight champion; record 29-3-2, 18 KOs, lost the WBC belt to Ryan Garcia in 2026.