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Naoya Inoue vs. Junto Nakatani
Naoya Inoue vs. Junto Nakatani, "The Day" or Japan's "fight of the century": the May 2, 2026 Tokyo Dome bout in which undisputed super-bantamweight champion Inoue (33-0, 27 KOs) outpointed unbeaten three-division champion Nakatani (32-1) by unanimous decision, 116-112, 115-113, 116-112, before 55,000 fans.
Naseem Hamed
Naseem Hamed, "Prince" Naseem Hamed, Yemeni-British southpaw featherweight from Sheffield (born 1974). WBO, IBF, WBC and lineal featherweight champion; retired 36-1 (31 KO), only loss to Marco Antonio Barrera, 2001; IBHoF 2014.
Nasrat Haqparast
Nasrat Haqparast, German-born Afghan UFC lightweight (born Hamburg, 1995; fights out of Rabat, Morocco), 18-7 record with 10 knockouts, trains at Tristar Gym Montreal under Firas Zahabi, represents Morocco since being barred from the Afghan flag.
Nassourdine Imavov (Насурдин Абдулазимович Имавов)
Nassourdine Imavov (Насурдин Абдулазимович Имавов), "the Sniper," Dagestan-born French UFC middleweight, #3 ranked, 17-4-0 1 NC, five-fight win streak, wins over Adesanya, Cannonier, Allen, Borralho.
Nasuh Akar
Nasuh Akar (1925–1984), Turkish freestyle wrestler, won bantamweight (≤57 kg) gold at the 1948 London Olympics, the first Olympic freestyle gold for Turkey, plus 1949 European and 1951 world titles.
Nat Pendleton
Nat Pendleton, born Nathaniel Greene Pendleton, was an American Olympic wrestler who won freestyle heavyweight silver at the 1920 Antwerp Games and later appeared in more than 100 Hollywood films as cops, strongmen, and good-natured dimwits.
Nataliya Vorobyova
Nataliya Vorobyova (Наталья Витальевна Воробьёва), Russian freestyle wrestler born 1991 in Tulun; 2012 Olympic 72 kg champion, first Russian women's wrestling gold, 2016 silver, world champion 2015 and 2019, retired 2024.
Natalya Neidhart
Natalya Neidhart (Natalie Katherine Neidhart-Wilson, Nattie), Canadian WWE wrestler born 1982 in Calgary; Hart family third-generation star, Hart Dungeon trainee, Divas, SmackDown Women's, and Women's Tag Team champion.
Natasha Jonas
Natasha Paula Jonas, born 1984 in Liverpool, is a British boxer, first British woman to win an Olympic boxing match (London 2012) and a two-weight pro world champion (WBO/IBF/WBC light-middleweight; IBF/WBC welterweight).
Nate Brooks
Nate Brooks (Nathan Eugene Brooks, 1933-2020), American boxer, 1952 Helsinki Olympic flyweight gold medalist who beat Edgar Basel; distinct from hockey coach Nathaniel Brooks and NFL/UFL cornerback Nate Brooks (born 1996).
Nate Diaz
Nate Diaz (born 1985, Stockton, California) is an American MMA fighter and boxer, TUF 5 winner, famous for submitting Conor McGregor at UFC 196 and losing the UFC 202 rematch, later boxing Jake Paul and Masvidal.
Nate Marquardt
Nate Marquardt, born Nathan Joel Marquardt in 1979, is an American retired mixed martial artist who won the Strikeforce welterweight title and fought 23 times in the UFC's middleweight division.
Nathan Cleverly
Nathan Cleverly, Welsh boxer nicknamed "Clev", WBO light-heavyweight champion 2011-2013 and WBA champion 2016-2017; lost title fights to Kovalev and Badou Jack, retiring in 2017.
Nathan Heaney
Nathan Heaney, "Hitman", British middleweight boxer from Stoke-on-Trent; beat Denzel Bentley in 2023 for the British title, drew and lost to Brad Pauls, retired after the Gerome Warburton rematch in 2026.
Nathan Jones (wrestler)
Nathan Jones is an Australian actor, strongman, and former professional wrestler who competed in WWE in 2003 and played Rictus Erectus in Mad Max: Fury Road.
Nation of Domination
The Nation of Domination was a WWF wrestling stable known for its militant image and for launching The Rock's rise to stardom, active from 1996 to 1998.
National Wrestling Alliance
National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), American pro wrestling promotion and former governing body founded 1948 by Pinkie George; ran the territory system and NWA World Heavyweight Championship; owned since 2017 by Billy Corgan's Lightning One.
Navajo Stirling
Navajo Stirling (Rongotehengia Navajo Hunter Stirling, born 1997), New Zealand UFC light heavyweight from City Kickboxing, Auckland; undefeated 11-0 with 7 KOs, TKO wins over Błachowicz and Cutelaba, ranked #5, faces Procházka in November 2026.
Nazim Sadykhov
Nazim Sadykhov, "Black Wolf", Azerbaijani UFC lightweight born 1994, fighting out of Brooklyn; 11-3-1 pro, 4-2-1 in the UFC, Dana White's Contender Series 2022 alumnus with 8 KO wins and three Fight of the Night bonuses.
Nazyr Mankiyev
Nazyr Mankiyev (Назыр Юнузович Манкиев), Russian Greco-Roman wrestler born 1985 in Surkhakhi, Ingushetia; won 2008 Beijing Olympic gold at 55 kg, beating Rövşən Bayramov 6-5 in the final.
Nedo Nadi
Nedo Nadi (1893-1940), Italian fencer, brother of Aldo Nadi; won six Olympic golds, and at Antwerp 1920 became the only fencer to win gold in foil, épée, and sabre at one Games.
Neijia (内家)
Neijia (内家, internal school) is the Chinese martial arts category for internal styles such as taijiquan, xingyiquan, and baguazhang, opposed to waijia (external school); the division originates in Huang Zongxi's 1669 epitaph for Wang Zhengnan and is widely considered a political-literary construct.
Neil Magny
Neil Magny, "The Haitian Sensation" (born 1987), American UFC welterweight, 32-15-0, 6'3" with 80-inch reach; holds most welterweight wins and appearances and is tied third in all-time UFC wins.
Neiman Gracie
Neiman Gracie, full name Neiman Gracie Stambowsky, is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and jiu-jitsu black belt born in 1988 who challenged for Bellator's welterweight title in 2019.
Nelson hold
Nelson hold: wrestling grip from behind with arms under the opponent's arms and hands on the neck's back; half nelson (one arm, 1885–90), full nelson (both arms, 1920–25, illegal in amateur wrestling), plus quarter and three-quarter variants.
Neo Genesis (professional wrestling)
Neo Genesis (ネオジェネシス) is a Stardom joshi wrestling stable, debuting July 27, 2024 in Sapporo with Starlight Kid, AZM, Suzu Suzuki, Mei Seira, and Miyu Amasaki; distinct from other factions named Genesis.
Never Back Down
Never Back Down (2008), directed by Jeff Wadlow, is an MMA teen drama starring Sean Faris, Djimon Hounsou, and Amber Heard; it spawned a direct-to-video franchise including No Surrender (2016) and Revolt.
Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown
Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown is a 2011 American martial arts drama directed by Michael Jai White in his directorial debut, starring White, Dean Geyer, and Evan Peters.
Never Back Down: No Surrender
Never Back Down: No Surrender (2016), also called Never Back Down 3, is a direct-to-video American MMA action film directed by and starring Michael Jai White as Case Walker, with Josh Barnett, Nathan Jones, and Esai Morales, released June 7, 2016 by Sony.
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship
NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship (NEVER無差別級6人タッグ王座), NJPW's openweight trios title since January 2016; first won by the Briscoes and Toru Yano; current champions Unbound Co. (Cobb, OSKAR, Yuto-Ice) since October 12, 2026.