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1
- Wanderlei Silva
- "The Axe Murderer"
- 35-14-1, 1 NC
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2
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider"
- 34-11-0, 1 NC
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3
- Lyoto Machida
- "The Dragon"
- 26-12-0
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4
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun"
- 27-14-1
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5
- Cain Velasquez
- 14-3-0
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6
- Nate Marquardt
- "The Great"
- 36-20-2
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7
- Josh Barnett
- "The Warmaster"
- 35-8-0
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8
- Luke Rockhold
- 16-6-0
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9
- Demian Maia
- 28-11-0
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10
- Adlan Amagov
- "Borz"
- 14-2-1
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11
- Ronaldo Souza
- "Jacaré" | 26-10-0, 1 NC
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12
- Khabib Nurmagomedov
- "The Eagle" | 29-0-0
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13
- Andrei Arlovski
- "The Pitbull" | 34-23-0, 2 NC
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14
- Daniel Cormier
- "DC" | 22-3-0, 1 NC
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15
- Stefan Struve
- "The Skyscraper" | 29-13-0
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16
- Rory MacDonald
- "Red King" | 23-10-1
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17
- Gunnar Nelson
- "Gunni" | 19-5-1
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18
- Martin Kampmann
- "Hitman" | 21-7-0
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19
- Alan Belcher
- "The Talent" | 18-8-0