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1
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider"
- 34-11-0, 1 NC
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2
- Mirko Filipović
- "Cro Cop"
- 38-11-2, 1 NC
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3
- Lyoto Machida
- "The Dragon"
- 26-12-0
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4
- Alistair Overeem
- "The Demolition Man"
- 47-19-0, 1 NC
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5
- José Aldo
- "Junior"
- 32-8-0
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6
- Israel Adesanya
- "The Last Stylebender"
- 24-3-0
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7
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman"
- 21-9-0
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8
- Vitor Belfort
- "The Phenom"
- 26-14-0, 1 NC
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9
- Junior dos Santos
- "Cigano"
- 21-10-0
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10
- Edson Barboza
- "Junior"
- 24-12-0
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11
- Stephen Thompson
- "Wonderboy" | 17-7-1
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12
- Mark Hunt
- "Super Samoan" | 13-14-1, 1 NC
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13
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun" | 27-14-1
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14
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor" | 40-7-0, 1 NC
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15
- Anthony Pettis
- "Showtime" | 25-14-0
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16
- Anthony Johnson
- "Rumble" | 23-6-0
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17
- Conor McGregor
- "The Notorious" | 22-6-0