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1
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman"
- 21-9-0
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2
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo"
- 32-15-0
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3
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun"
- 27-14-1
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4
- Mirko Filipović
- "Cro Cop"
- 38-11-2, 1 NC
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5
- Wanderlei Silva
- "The Axe Murderer"
- 35-14-1, 1 NC
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6
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider"
- 34-11-0, 1 NC
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7
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor"
- 40-7-0, 1 NC
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8
- Junior dos Santos
- "Cigano"
- 21-10-0
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9
- David Abbott
- "Tank"
- 10-15-0
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10
- Georges St-Pierre
- "Rush"
- 26-2-0
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11
- Matt Hughes
- 45-9-0
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12
- Norifumi Yamamoto
- "KID" | 18-6-0, 2 NC
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13
- Bas Rutten
- "El Guapo" | 28-4-1
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14
- Randy Couture
- "The Natural" | 19-11-0
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15
- Alistair Overeem
- "The Demolition Man" | 47-19-0, 1 NC
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16
- Andrei Arlovski
- "The Pitbull" | 34-23-0, 2 NC
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17
- Roy Nelson
- "Big Country" | 23-19-0
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18
- Rashad Evans
- "Suga" | 20-8-1
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19
- Ken Shamrock
- "The World's Most Dangerous Man" | 28-17-3
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20
- Cain Velasquez
- 14-3-0
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21
- Cung Le
- 9-3-0
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22
- Quinton Jackson
- "Rampage" | 37-14-0
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23
- Jon Jones
- "Bones" | 27-1-0, 1 NC
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24
- Nick Diaz
- 26-10-0, 2 NC
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25
- Vitor Belfort
- "The Phenom" | 26-14-0, 1 NC
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26
- José Aldo
- "Junior" | 32-8-0
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27
- Kazushi Sakuraba
- "The Gracie Hunter" | 26-17-1, 2 NC
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28
- Shinya Aoki
- "Tobikan Judan" | 48-11-0, 1 NC
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29
- Forrest Griffin
- 19-7-0
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30
- Gilbert Melendez
- "El Nino" | 22-8-0
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31
- Diego Sanchez
- "Nightmare" | 30-14-0
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32
- Urijah Faber
- "The California Kid" | 35-11-0
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33
- Mark Coleman
- "The Hammer" | 16-10-0
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34
- Dennis Siver
- 23-11-0, 1 NC