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1
- Lyoto Machida
- "The Dragon"
- 26-12-0
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2
- Nik Lentz
- "The Carny"
- 30-12-2, 1 NC
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3
- Kazushi Sakuraba
- "The Gracie Hunter"
- 26-17-1, 2 NC
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4
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider"
- 34-11-0, 1 NC
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5
- Genki Sudo
- "Neo-Samurai"
- 16-4-1
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6
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo"
- 32-15-0
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7
- Bas Rutten
- "El Guapo"
- 28-4-1
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8
- Ronaldo Souza
- "Jacaré"
- 26-10-0, 1 NC
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9
- Benson Henderson
- "Smooth"
- 30-12-0
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10
- Robbie Lawler
- "Ruthless"
- 30-16-0, 1 NC
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11
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy" | 16-14-2
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12
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor" | 40-7-0, 1 NC
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13
- Mirko Filipović
- "Cro Cop" | 38-11-2, 1 NC
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14
- Chan Sung Jung
- "The Korean Zombie" | 17-8-0
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15
- Ronda Rousey
- "Rowdy" | 12-2-0
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16
- Shinya Aoki
- "Tobikan Judan" | 48-11-0, 1 NC
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17
- Kaitlin Young
- "The Striking Viking" | 12-13-1
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18
- Mark Hunt
- "Super Samoan" | 13-14-1, 1 NC
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19
- Jon Jones
- "Bones" | 27-1-0, 1 NC
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20
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman" | 21-9-0
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21
- Pam Sorenson
- "Bam" | 9-6-0
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22
- Mike Sixel
- 7-3-0
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23
- Brandon Buchholz
- 7-9-0
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24
- Johny Hendricks
- "Big Rig" | 18-8-0
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25
- Georges St-Pierre
- "Rush" | 26-2-0