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Marton Lorincz
Márton Lőrincz (Lőrincz Márton), Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestler, 1936 Berlin Olympic bantamweight (56 kg) gold medalist, 1934 European freestyle champion with MAC Budapest; emigrated to Argentina in 1948 and died in San Carlos de Bariloche in 1969.
Marty Jannetty
Marty Jannetty (Fredrick Martin Jannetty, born 1960) is an American wrestler, half of The Rockers with Shawn Michaels; two-time AWA tag champion, one-time WWF Intercontinental and Tag Team Champion.
Marty Scurll
Marty Scurll (Martin Scurll, born 1988), English wrestler, "The Villain"; ROH World TV and IWGP Junior Heavyweight champion, Bullet Club and Villain Enterprises member, ROH lead booker in 2020 until #SpeakingOut allegations ended his top-level career.
Marvelous Marvin Hagler
Marvelous Marvin Hagler (1954-2021), American undisputed middleweight champion 1980-1987 from Brockton, Massachusetts; record 62-3-2 with 52 KOs, 12 title defenses, and the 1985 Hagler-Hearns war among boxing's greatest fights.
Marvin Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns
Marvin Hagler vs. Thomas Hearns, "The War" (April 15, 1985, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas): undisputed middleweight title fight won by Hagler via third-round TKO, widely ranked among boxing's greatest fights.
Marvin Vettori
Marvin Vettori, "The Italian Dream", is an Italian UFC middleweight born 1993 in Mezzocorona. Record 19-11-1; challenged Adesanya at UFC 263; never finished; five straight losses through 2026.
Marvis Frazier
Marvis Frazier (born 1960, Philadelphia), son of champion Joe Frazier, American heavyweight boxer, 56-2 amateur with Golden Gloves and AAU titles, pro 1980-88, stopped in one round by Larry Holmes in 1983 and by Mike Tyson in 30 seconds in 1986.
Mary Kom
Mary Kom (Mangte Chungneijang Kom, "Magnificent Mary", born 1983) is an Indian boxer, six-time AIBA women's world champion, London 2012 Olympic bronze medalist, 2014 Asian Games and 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medalist, and former Rajya Sabha member.
Maryse Mizanin
Maryse Mizanin (Maryse Ouellet, born 1983, Montreal) is a French Canadian WWE wrestler and manager of The Miz, first two-time Divas Champion with a record 216-day reign, and star of Miz & Mrs.
Mas Oyama
Mas Oyama, born Choi Yeong-eui and known in Japan as Masutatsu Oyama, was a Korean-born Japanese karate master who founded Kyokushin, a full-contact karate style.
Masaaki Kaneko
Masaaki Kaneko (金子正明), Japanese freestyle wrestler born 1940 in Tochigi; 1968 Olympic featherweight (63 kg) gold medalist, 1966 and 1967 world champion, 1966 Asian Games champion, retired unbeaten internationally, UWW Hall of Fame 2007.
Masae Ueno
Masae Ueno (上野雅恵), born 1979 in Asahikawa, Japan, judoka who won Olympic gold in women's -70 kg at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, plus world titles in 2001 and 2003.
Masahiko Kimura (木村政彦)
Masahiko Kimura (木村政彦, 1917–1993), Japanese judoka from Kumamoto, All-Japan champion 1937–1939 and 13 years unbeaten; beat Hélio Gracie in 1951, giving his name to the Kimura lock; later pro wrestler with Rikidozan.
Masakatsu Funaki (船木誠勝)
Masakatsu Funaki (船木誠勝), real name Masaharu Funaki, born 1969 in Hirosaki, Aomori, is a Japanese pro wrestler and MMA pioneer who co-founded Pancrase in 1993 and twice held the open-weight King of Pancrase title.
Masamitsu Ichiguchi
Masamitsu Ichiguchi (市口政光, born 1940, Osaka) is a Japanese Greco-Roman wrestler, 1962 world champion, and gold medalist in men's bantamweight (≤57 kg) at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics after placing seventh in 1960.
Masanosuke Ono (小野将之佑)
Masanosuke Ono (小野正之助), Japanese freestyle wrestler born 2004 in Shimane, 2024 senior and U20 world champion at 61 kg who beat Zavur Uguev and Vito Arujau, and a Penn State wrestler from 2025.
Masaru Yamada
Masaru Yamada (山田優), born 1994 in Toba, Mie, is a Japanese épée fencer, Olympic team gold medalist at Tokyo 2020 and silver medalist at Paris 2024, world No. 2 in 2026.
Masato Uchishiba
Masato Uchishiba (内柴 正人), Japanese judoka, double Olympic gold medalist in men's 66 kg half-lightweight at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008; later convicted of raping a student he coached and sentenced to five years in prison.
Mashu Baker
Mashu Baker (ベイカー茉秋, born 1994) is a Japanese judoka who won gold in the men's 90 kg division at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Japan's first middleweight gold since 1976.
Mason Ryan
Mason Ryan, ring name of Welsh wrestler Barri Griffiths (born 1982), debuted in WWE's New Nexus in 2011, was compared to Batista, and later joined Cirque du Soleil's KÀ as chief archer.
Mass Transit incident (professional wrestling)
Mass Transit incident: November 23, 1996 ECW house show in Revere, Massachusetts, where 17-year-old Erich Kulas, booked after lying about age and training, was cut too deeply by New Jack; the fallout delayed ECW's Barely Legal pay-per-view to April 13, 1997.
Mate Parlov
Mate Parlov (Мате Парлов, 1948–2008) was a Croatian boxer who competed for Yugoslavia, winning Olympic gold in Munich in 1972 and the WBC light-heavyweight title in 1978.
Mateusz Gamrot
Mateusz "Gamer" Gamrot, Polish UFC lightweight and former KSW Lightweight Champion (won 2016), ADCC European champion, known for ankle-pick and low-single chain wrestling; UFC record 9-5, ranked 10th at end of 2026.
Mateusz Rębecki
Mateusz Rębecki ("Chińczyk"), Polish UFC lightweight born 1992 in Gryfice; 21-5 record, ex-FEN champion, DWCS graduate, 10 KO and 7 submission wins, three Fight of the Night bonuses.
Matt Bentley
Matt Bentley (Matthew James Bentley, b. December 10, 1979, Clinton, Iowa), also known as Michael Shane, Maverick Matt, and Martyr, is a retired American wrestler, Shawn Michaels's cousin, and two-time TNA X Division champion who won the first Ultimate X match in 2003.
Matt Bloom
Matt Bloom (Matthew Jason Bloom, born 1972) is a retired American wrestler, aka Prince Albert, Albert, A-Train, Giant Bernard, and Tensai, now WWE Performance Center Head Coach and Vice President of Talent Development.
Matt Brown (fighter)
Matt Brown, nicknamed "The Immortal," is an American retired mixed martial artist who competed as a UFC welterweight from 2008 to 2023, retiring in 2024 with 24 wins and 19 losses.
Matt Cardona
Matt Cardona (Matthew Brett Cardona, born 1985), American wrestler, WWE's Zack Ryder 2006-2020; reinvented as "Indy God" and Deathmatch King, won GCW and NWA titles, returned to WWE January 2026.
Matt Cross (wrestler)
Matt Cross (Matthew Capiccioni, born 1980), also M-Dogg 20 and Son of Havoc, American independent wrestler, ex-gymnast, PWO's first champion, Lucha Underground Trios Champion, Tough Enough 2011 contestant.
Matt Hamill
Matt Hamill, "The Hammer" (born 1976, Loveland, Ohio), deaf American light heavyweight wrestler and UFC fighter; three-time NCAA Division III champion at RIT, 13-8 pro record, DQ win over Jon Jones.