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1
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun"
- 27-14-1
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2
- Mirko Filipović
- "Cro Cop"
- 38-11-2, 1 NC
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3
- Jon Jones
- "Bones"
- 27-1-0, 1 NC
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4
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor"
- 40-7-0, 1 NC
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5
- Nick Diaz
- 26-10-0, 2 NC
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6
- Kazushi Sakuraba
- "The Gracie Hunter"
- 26-17-1, 2 NC
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7
- Quinton Jackson
- "Rampage"
- 37-14-0
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8
- Dominick Cruz
- "The Dominator"
- 24-4-0
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9
- Anthony Johnson
- "Rumble"
- 23-6-0
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10
- Dustin Poirier
- "The Diamond"
- 30-9-0, 1 NC
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11
- Matt Hughes
- 45-9-0
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12
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy" | 16-14-2
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13
- Cub Swanson
- "Killer" | 29-13-0
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14
- Mark Hunt
- "Super Samoan" | 13-14-1, 1 NC
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15
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman" | 21-9-0