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1
- Don Frye
- "The Predator"
- 20-9-1, 1 NC
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2
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo"
- 32-15-0
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3
- Jon Jones
- "Bones"
- 27-1-0, 1 NC
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4
- Forrest Griffin
- 19-7-0
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5
- José Aldo
- "Junior"
- 32-8-0
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6
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider"
- 34-11-0, 1 NC
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7
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy"
- 16-14-2
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8
- Carlos Condit
- "The Natural Born Killer"
- 32-14-0
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9
- Cain Velasquez
- 14-3-0
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10
- Matt Hamill
- "The Hammer"
- 12-8-0
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11
- Wanderlei Silva
- "The Axe Murderer" | 35-14-1, 1 NC
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12
- Junior dos Santos
- "Cigano" | 21-10-0
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13
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman" | 21-9-0
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14
- Rich Franklin
- "Ace" | 29-7-0, 1 NC
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15
- Urijah Faber
- "The California Kid" | 35-11-0
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16
- Roy Nelson
- "Big Country" | 23-19-0
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17
- Nick Diaz
- 26-10-0, 2 NC
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18
- Mirko Filipović
- "Cro Cop" | 38-11-2, 1 NC
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19
- Jason Miller
- "Mayhem" | 24-10-0, 1 NC
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20
- Shinya Aoki
- "Tobikan Judan" | 48-11-0, 1 NC
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21
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor" | 40-7-0, 1 NC
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22
- Bas Rutten
- "El Guapo" | 28-4-1
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23
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun" | 27-14-1
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24
- Quinton Jackson
- "Rampage" | 37-14-0
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25
- Lyoto Machida
- "The Dragon" | 26-12-0
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26
- Frankie Edgar
- "The Answer" | 24-11-1
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27
- Chris Leben
- "The Crippler" | 21-12-0
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28
- Vitor Belfort
- "The Phenom" | 26-14-0, 1 NC
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29
- Randy Couture
- "The Natural" | 19-11-0
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30
- Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
- "Minotauro" | 34-10-1, 1 NC
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31
- Miguel Torres
- 44-9-0
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32
- Donald Cerrone
- "Cowboy" | 36-17-0, 2 NC
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33
- Chan Sung Jung
- "The Korean Zombie" | 17-8-0
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34
- Shane Carwin
- "The Engineer" | 12-2-0
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35
- Pat Barry
- "HD" | 8-7-0
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36
- Jim Miller
- "A-10" | 37-18-0, 1 NC
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37
- Rory MacDonald
- "Red King" | 23-10-1
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38
- Phil Davis
- "Mr. Wonderful" | 24-7-0, 1 NC
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39
- Edson Barboza
- "Junior" | 24-11-0
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40
- Nate Diaz
- 21-13-0