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1
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider"
- 34-11-0, 1 NC
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2
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo"
- 32-15-0
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3
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman"
- 21-9-0
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4
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor"
- 40-7-0, 1 NC
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5
- Royce Gracie
- 15-2-3
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6
- Kazushi Sakuraba
- "The Gracie Hunter"
- 26-17-1, 2 NC
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7
- Randy Couture
- "The Natural"
- 19-11-0
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8
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun"
- 27-14-1
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9
- Tito Ortiz
- "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy"
- 21-12-1
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10
- Matt Hughes
- 45-9-0
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11
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy" | 16-14-2
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12
- Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
- "Minotauro" | 34-10-1, 1 NC
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13
- Wanderlei Silva
- "The Axe Murderer" | 35-14-1, 1 NC
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14
- Bas Rutten
- "El Guapo" | 28-4-1
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15
- Georges St-Pierre
- "Rush" | 26-2-0
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16
- Matt Serra
- "The Terror" | 11-7-0
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17
- Chris Lytle
- "Lights Out" | 31-18-5
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18
- Urijah Faber
- "The California Kid" | 35-11-0
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19
- Pat Miletich
- "The Croation Sensation" | 29-8-2
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20
- Quinton Jackson
- "Rampage" | 37-14-0
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21
- Tim Sylvia
- "The Maine-iac" | 31-10-0, 1 NC
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22
- Matt Lindland
- "The Law" | 22-9-0
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23
- Jeremy Horn
- "Gumby" | 92-22-5, 1 NC
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24
- Frank Mir
- 19-13-0
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25
- Forrest Griffin
- 19-7-0
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26
- Stephan Bonnar
- "The American Psycho" | 15-9-0
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27
- Jens Pulver
- "Little Evil" | 27-19-1
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28
- Ken Shamrock
- "The World's Most Dangerous Man" | 28-17-3
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29
- Don Frye
- "The Predator" | 20-9-1, 1 NC
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30
- Rickson Gracie
- 9-0-0
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31
- Jon Jones
- "Bones" | 27-1-0, 1 NC
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32
- Rich Franklin
- "Ace" | 29-7-0, 1 NC
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33
- Frank Shamrock
- "The Legend" | 23-10-2
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34
- Brock Lesnar
- 5-3-0, 1 NC
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35
- Takanori Gomi
- "The Fireball Kid" | 35-15-0, 1 NC
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36
- Shinya Aoki
- "Tobikan Judan" | 48-11-0, 1 NC
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37
- Nick Diaz
- 26-10-0, 2 NC
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38
- David Abbott
- "Tank" | 10-15-0
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39
- Dan Severn
- "The Beast" | 101-19-7
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40
- Herb Dean
- 2-3-0
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41
- Carlos Condit
- "The Natural Born Killer" | 32-14-0
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42
- Lyoto Machida
- "The Dragon" | 26-12-0