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Mike Rotunda
Mike Rotunda, American retired pro wrestler; U.S. Express with Barry Windham, IRS in Money Inc., Varsity Club; WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2024; father of Bray Wyatt and Bo Dallas.
Mike Santana
Mike Santana (Michael Sanchez, born 1991, Bronx) is an American pro wrestler, 4-time TNA World Tag Team Champion with LAX and former TNA World Champion, now in WWE NXT as Cruz Montana.
Mike Stone (karate)
Mike Stone, American karate champion of the 1960s-70s, "The Animal," Shorin-ryu black belt in six months, retired undefeated with 91 consecutive wins, later wrote Enter the Ninja and lives in the Philippines.
Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson (born 1966, Brooklyn) is an American retired heavyweight boxer, youngest world champion at 20 in 1986, undisputed 1987-1990, record 50-6 with 44 KOs, peek-a-boo style of Cus D'Amato.
Mike Tyson vs. Buster Douglas
Mike Tyson vs. Buster Douglas, Tokyo Dome, February 11, 1990: 42-1 underdog James 'Buster' Douglas knocked out undefeated undisputed heavyweight champion Mike Tyson in round 10, ending his 37-0 streak amid an eighth-round long-count controversy.
Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield
Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield: two heavyweight title fights, Las Vegas, 1996-97. Holyfield won the first by 11th-round TKO for the WBA title; Tyson was disqualified in the 1997 rematch for biting Holyfield's ears.
Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr.
Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr.: eight-round exhibition boxing match, November 28, 2020, Staples Center, Los Angeles; sanctioned by the California commission with no official winner, scored a draw by WBC ex-champions; about 1.2 million PPV buys on Triller at $49.99.
Mike Von Erich
Mike Von Erich (Michael Brett Adkisson, 1964-1987), American professional wrestler of the Von Erich family, competed for WCCW, suffered toxic shock syndrome in 1985, and died at 23.
Mikey Garcia
Mikey Garcia (Miguel Angel Garcia Cortez, born 1987), American boxer, four-division world champion at 126, 130, 135, and 140 pounds; retired 2021 at 40-2 with 30 KOs.
Mikey Musumeci
Mikey Musumeci, full name Michael Musumeci Jr., is an American Brazilian jiu-jitsu and submission grappling competitor, a five-time IBJJF world champion known for the Mikey Lock leg lock.
Mikey Nicholls
Mikey Nicholls (Michael Nicholls, b. 1985), Australian wrestler from Perth; half of TMDK with Shane Haste, two-time GHC tag champion in NOAH, NXT's Nick Miller, later NJPW CHAOS and TMDK stable member.
Mikey Whipwreck
Mikey Whipwreck (John Michael Watson, born 1973) is an American semi-retired wrestler, ECW's first Triple Crown winner, one-time ECW World Heavyweight Champion, later an AEW trainer.
Mikhail Burtsev
Mikhail Burtsev (Михаил Иванович Бурцев), Soviet sabre fencer, 1956-2015; two Olympic team golds (1976, 1980), two silvers, six world team titles, FIE Hall of Fame 2021; distinct from the AI researcher of the same name.
Mikkel Kessler
Mikkel Kessler, the "Viking Warrior", Danish super-middleweight boxer born 1979; five-time world champion (WBA three times, WBC twice), record 46-3 with 35 KOs, losses only to Calzaghe, Ward, and Froch.
Miklos Szilvasy
Miklos Szilvasy (Szilvásy Miklós, 1925-1969), Hungarian Greco-Roman welterweight wrestler; Olympic silver 1948 and gold 1952, beating Gösta Andersson for Hungary's 50th Olympic gold; also 1953 world silver, policeman and coach.
Miku Tashiro
Miku Tashiro (田代 未来), now Miku Takaichi, Japanese judoka born 1994, -63 kg. Two Youth Olympic golds 2010, four world medals, five Grand Slam and four Masters titles, Olympic mixed team silvers at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024.
Mil Máscaras
Mil Máscaras (Aarón Rodríguez Arellano, born 1942), Mexican luchador, 'Man of a Thousand Masks', one of the Big Three with El Santo and Blue Demon; first masked wrestler at Madison Square Garden (1972), WWE Hall of Fame 2012, 116 Japan tours.
Mildred Burke
Mildred Burke (Mildred Bliss, 1915-1989), American professional wrestler, Women's World Champion 1937-1956, pioneer of women's wrestling in the US and Japan, 2016 WWE Hall of Fame Legacy inductee.
Milica Mandic
Milica Mandic (Милица Мандић), Serbian taekwondo fighter born 1991 in Belgrade; Olympic +67 kg champion London 2012 and Tokyo 2020, first gold for independent Serbia, world champion 2017.
Million Dollar Championship
Million Dollar Championship, or Million Dollar Title: unsanctioned WWE wrestling championship created for Ted DiBiase in 1989 by Betteridge Jewelers; gold plate with ~700 cubic zirconia, worth $40,000; revived in NXT 2021, retired with Cameron Grimes.
Mills Lane
Mills Lane (Mills Bee Lane III, 1937–2022), American boxing referee and Nevada judge, famous for "Let's get it on!", refereeing 100+ world title fights, and disqualifying Mike Tyson in the 1997 Holyfield ear-bite fight.
Milo of Croton
Milo of Croton (Milon, Μίλων), son of Diotimos, legendary Greek wrestler of the late 6th century BCE: six Olympic crowns, the calf-and-bull training legend, a famous meat diet, and death by trapped tree or Pythagorean fire.
Miloš Cvjetićanin (Милош Цвјетићанин)
Miloš Cvjetićanin (Милош Цвјетићанин), Serbian kickboxer born 1993 in Novi Sad, GLORY light heavyweight/heavyweight contender, 2025 Fighter of the Year, lost 2026 heavyweight title fight to Mory Kromah.
Minoru Suzuki
Minoru Suzuki (鈴木みのる, born 1968, Yokohama) is a Japanese pro wrestler and former MMA fighter who co-founded Pancrase in 1993, was its 2nd King of Pancrase, and later won the Triple Crown, GHC Heavyweight, IWGP Tag, and GHC Tag titles.
Miriam Blasco
Miriam Blasco (Míriam Blasco Soto), Spanish judoka born 1963 in Valladolid; won gold at Barcelona 1992, first Spanish woman Olympic champion, world champion 1991, senator 2000–2004.
Mirian Tsalkalamanidze
Mirian Tsalkalamanidze (მირიან ცალქალამანიძე, 1927–2000), Georgian freestyle wrestler for the USSR; Olympic flyweight (52 kg) gold at Melbourne 1956, World silver 1957 and bronze 1954, two-time Soviet champion.
Mirko Cro Cop
Mirko Cro Cop is the ring name of Mirko Filipović (born 1974), a Croatian heavyweight kickboxer and mixed martial artist known for his left high kick.
Miro (Мирослав Петров Барняшев) (wrestler)
Miro (Miroslav Petrov Barnyashev, Мирослав Петров Барняшев), born December 25 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, is a Bulgarian wrestler: three-time WWE United States Champion as Rusev, one-time AEW TNT Champion as Miro, back in WWE since April 2025.
Misfits Boxing
Misfits Boxing (MF & DAZN: X Series) is a crossover boxing promotion co-founded in 2021 by KSI with Mams Taylor and the Sauerland brothers, launched with DAZN in 2022, staging influencer and celebrity bouts plus the MF Pro professional division.
Misha Cirkunov
Misha Cirkunov (Mikhail Cirkunovs), Latvian-born Canadian light heavyweight MMA fighter, UFC 2015-2022, pro record 15-9 with 8 submission wins; later named plaintiff in the 2025 Cirkunovs v. Zuffa antitrust class action.