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1
- Georges St-Pierre
- "Rush"
- 26-2-0
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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
- Kazushi Sakuraba
- "The Gracie Hunter"
- 26-17-1, 2 NC
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5
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo"
- 32-15-0
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6
- Randy Couture
- "The Natural"
- 19-11-0
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7
- Matt Hughes
- 45-9-0
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8
- Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
- "Minotauro"
- 34-10-1, 1 NC
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9
- Demetrious Johnson
- "Mighty Mouse"
- 25-4-1
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10
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman"
- 21-9-0
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11
- Jon Jones
- "Bones" | 27-1-0, 1 NC
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12
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy" | 16-14-2
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13
- Bas Rutten
- "El Guapo" | 28-4-1
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14
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun" | 27-14-1
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15
- Tito Ortiz
- "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" | 21-12-1
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16
- Lyoto Machida
- "The Dragon" | 26-12-0
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17
- Frank Mir
- 19-13-0
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18
- Vitor Belfort
- "The Phenom" | 26-14-0, 1 NC
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19
- Mirko Filipović
- "Cro Cop" | 38-11-2, 1 NC
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20
- Frankie Edgar
- "The Answer" | 24-11-1
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21
- Quinton Jackson
- "Rampage" | 37-14-0
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22
- Josh Barnett
- "The Warmaster" | 35-8-0
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23
- Takanori Gomi
- "The Fireball Kid" | 36-15-0, 1 NC
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24
- Robbie Lawler
- "Ruthless" | 30-16-0, 1 NC
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25
- Carlos Condit
- "The Natural Born Killer" | 32-14-0
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26
- Shinya Aoki
- "Tobikan Judan" | 48-11-0, 1 NC
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27
- Igor Vovchanchyn
- "Ice Cold" | 55-10-1, 1 NC
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28
- Andrei Arlovski
- "The Pitbull" | 34-23-0, 2 NC
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29
- Dominick Cruz
- "The Dominator" | 24-4-0
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30
- Urijah Faber
- "The California Kid" | 35-11-0