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1
- Wanderlei Silva
- "The Axe Murderer"
- 35-14-1, 1 NC
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2
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor"
- 40-7-0, 1 NC
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3
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider"
- 34-11-0, 1 NC
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4
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman"
- 21-9-0
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5
- Georges St-Pierre
- "Rush"
- 26-2-0
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6
- Royce Gracie
- 15-2-3
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7
- Randy Couture
- "The Natural"
- 19-11-0
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8
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo"
- 32-15-0
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9
- Matt Hughes
- 45-9-0
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10
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy"
- 16-14-2
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11
- Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
- "Minotauro" | 34-10-1, 1 NC
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12
- Kazushi Sakuraba
- "The Gracie Hunter" | 26-17-1, 2 NC
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13
- José Aldo
- "Junior" | 32-8-0
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14
- Bas Rutten
- "El Guapo" | 28-4-1
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15
- Jon Jones
- "Bones" | 27-1-0, 1 NC
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16
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun" | 27-14-1
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17
- Frankie Edgar
- "The Answer" | 24-11-1
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18
- Rickson Gracie
- 9-0-0
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19
- Urijah Faber
- "The California Kid" | 35-11-0
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20
- Rich Franklin
- "Ace" | 29-7-0, 1 NC
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21
- Ken Shamrock
- "The World's Most Dangerous Man" | 28-17-3
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22
- Dan Severn
- "The Beast" | 101-19-7
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23
- Dominick Cruz
- "The Dominator" | 24-4-0
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24
- Vitor Belfort
- "The Phenom" | 26-14-0, 1 NC
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25
- Frank Shamrock
- "The Legend" | 23-10-2
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26
- Mirko Filipović
- "Cro Cop" | 38-11-2, 1 NC
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27
- Lyoto Machida
- "The Dragon" | 26-12-0
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28
- Cain Velasquez
- 14-3-0
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29
- Tito Ortiz
- "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" | 21-12-1
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30
- Junior dos Santos
- "Cigano" | 21-10-0
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31
- Quinton Jackson
- "Rampage" | 37-14-0
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32
- Nick Diaz
- 26-10-0, 2 NC
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33
- Frank Mir
- 19-13-0
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34
- Rashad Evans
- "Suga" | 20-8-1
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35
- Pat Miletich
- "The Croation Sensation" | 29-8-2
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36
- Benson Henderson
- "Smooth" | 30-12-0
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37
- Brock Lesnar
- 5-3-0, 1 NC
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38
- Jens Pulver
- "Little Evil" | 27-19-1
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39
- Sean Sherk
- "The Muscle Shark" | 35-4-1
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40
- Carlos Condit
- "The Natural Born Killer" | 32-14-0
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41
- Miguel Torres
- 44-9-0
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42
- Kenny Florian
- "KenFlo" | 14-6-0
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43
- Diego Sanchez
- "Nightmare" | 30-14-0
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44
- Don Frye
- "The Predator" | 20-9-1, 1 NC
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45
- Josh Barnett
- "The Warmaster" | 35-8-0
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46
- Takanori Gomi
- "The Fireball Kid" | 35-15-0, 1 NC
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47
- Igor Vovchanchyn
- "Ice Cold" | 55-10-1, 1 NC
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48
- Forrest Griffin
- 19-7-0
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49
- Gilbert Melendez
- "El Nino" | 22-8-0
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50
- Jon Fitch
- 32-8-2, 1 NC