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1
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor"
- 40-7-0, 1 NC
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2
- José Aldo
- "Junior"
- 31-8-0
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3
- Georges St-Pierre
- "Rush"
- 26-2-0
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4
- Kazushi Sakuraba
- "The Gracie Hunter"
- 26-17-1, 2 NC
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5
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider"
- 34-11-0, 1 NC
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6
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy"
- 16-14-2
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7
- Mark Hunt
- "Super Samoan"
- 13-14-1, 1 NC
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8
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo"
- 32-15-0
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9
- Jon Jones
- "Bones"
- 27-1-0, 1 NC
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10
- Dominick Cruz
- "The Dominator"
- 24-4-0
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11
- Cain Velasquez
- 14-3-0
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12
- Lyoto Machida
- "The Dragon" | 26-12-0
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13
- Donald Cerrone
- "Cowboy" | 36-17-0, 2 NC
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14
- Rory MacDonald
- "Red King" | 23-10-1
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15
- Chad Mendes
- "Money" | 18-5-0
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16
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun" | 27-14-1
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17
- Royce Gracie
- 15-2-3
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18
- Andrei Arlovski
- "The Pitbull" | 34-23-0, 2 NC