With fighters both old and new, across a broad range of styles and geographical origins, this list is in no particular order past about the 15th spot. The top spots are fairly safe, but as you move down the list fighters can lose many spots for boring and uninspired performances. e.g: Rory MacDonald lost about twenty spots for his last two stinkers.
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1
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider"
- 34-11-0, 1 NC
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2
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor"
- 40-7-0, 1 NC
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3
- Alistair Overeem
- "The Demolition Man"
- 47-19-0, 1 NC
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4
- Kazushi Sakuraba
- "The Gracie Hunter"
- 26-17-1, 2 NC
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5
- Mirko Filipović
- "Cro Cop"
- 38-11-2, 1 NC
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6
- Kazuyuki Fujita
- "Ol' Ironhead"
- 18-14-0
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7
- Anthony Pettis
- "Showtime"
- 25-14-0
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8
- José Aldo
- "Junior"
- 32-8-0
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9
- Ronda Rousey
- "Rowdy"
- 12-2-0
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10
- Shinya Aoki
- "Tobikan Judan"
- 48-11-0, 1 NC
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11
- Chan Sung Jung
- "The Korean Zombie" | 17-8-0
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12
- Wanderlei Silva
- "The Axe Murderer" | 35-14-1, 1 NC
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13
- Benson Henderson
- "Smooth" | 30-12-0
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14
- Mark Hunt
- "Super Samoan" | 13-14-1, 1 NC
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15
- Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
- "Minotauro" | 34-10-1, 1 NC
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16
- Siyar Bahadurzada
- "The Great" | 24-8-2
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17
- Daniel Cormier
- "DC" | 22-3-0, 1 NC
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18
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun" | 27-14-1
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19
- Lyoto Machida
- "The Dragon" | 26-12-0
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20
- Shane Carwin
- "The Engineer" | 12-2-0
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21
- Junior dos Santos
- "Cigano" | 21-10-0
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22
- Bas Rutten
- "El Guapo" | 28-4-1
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23
- Chael Sonnen
- 30-17-1
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24
- Pat Healy
- "Bam Bam" | 30-21-0, 1 NC
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25
- Renan Barão
- "The Baron" | 34-10-0, 1 NC
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26
- Chris Weidman
- "The All-American" | 16-7-0
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27
- Quinton Jackson
- "Rampage" | 37-14-0
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28
- Melvin Guillard
- "The Young Assassin" | 32-22-2, 3 NC
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29
- Brian Stann
- "All American" | 12-6-0
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30
- Carlos Condit
- "The Natural Born Killer" | 32-14-0
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31
- Josh Barnett
- "The Warmaster" | 35-8-0
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32
- Gegard Mousasi
- "The Dreamcatcher" | 49-9-2
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33
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman" | 21-9-0
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34
- Urijah Faber
- "The California Kid" | 35-11-0
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35
- Pat Barry
- "HD" | 8-7-0
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36
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy" | 16-14-2
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37
- Chris Lytle
- "Lights Out" | 31-18-5
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38
- Don Frye
- "The Predator" | 20-9-1, 1 NC
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39
- Joseph Benavidez
- 28-8-0
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40
- Matt Brown
- "The Immortal" | 24-19-0
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41
- Rousimar Palhares
- "Toquinho" | 19-13-1
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42
- Edson Barboza
- "Junior" | 24-11-0
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43
- Ian McCall
- "Uncle Creepy" | 13-7-1
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44
- Vitor Belfort
- "The Phenom" | 26-14-0, 1 NC
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45
- Genki Sudo
- "Neo-Samurai" | 16-4-1
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46
- Randy Couture
- "The Natural" | 19-11-0
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47
- Donald Cerrone
- "Cowboy" | 36-17-0, 2 NC
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48
- Brock Lesnar
- 5-3-0, 1 NC
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49
- Roy Nelson
- "Big Country" | 23-19-0
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50
- Rich Franklin
- "Ace" | 29-7-0, 1 NC
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51
- Rashad Evans
- "Suga" | 20-8-1
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52
- Martin Kampmann
- "Hitman" | 21-7-0
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53
- Joe Lauzon
- "J-Lau" | 28-15-0
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54
- Chris Leben
- "The Crippler" | 21-12-0
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55
- Charles Oliveira
- "do Bronx" | 34-10-0, 1 NC
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56
- Stefan Struve
- "The Skyscraper" | 29-13-0
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57
- Diego Sanchez
- "Nightmare" | 30-14-0
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58
- Alexander Gustafsson
- "The Mauler" | 18-8-0
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59
- Ronaldo Souza
- "Jacaré" | 26-10-0, 1 NC
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60
- Conor McGregor
- "The Notorious" | 22-6-0
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61
- Eddie Alvarez
- "The Underground King" | 30-8-0, 2 NC
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62
- Michael Chandler
- "Iron" | 23-8-0
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63
- Christian M'Pumbu
- "Tonton" | 21-11-1
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64
- Rory MacDonald
- "Red King" | 23-10-1
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