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1
- Tito Ortiz
- "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy"
- 21-12-1
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2
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman"
- 21-9-0
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3
- Forrest Griffin
- 19-7-0
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4
- Royce Gracie
- 15-2-3
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5
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy"
- 16-14-2
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6
- Randy Couture
- "The Natural"
- 19-11-0
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7
- Nick Diaz
- 26-10-0, 2 NC
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8
- Chael Sonnen
- 30-17-1
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9
- Stephan Bonnar
- "The American Psycho"
- 15-9-0
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10
- Ken Shamrock
- "The World's Most Dangerous Man"
- 28-17-3
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11
- Matt Hughes
- 45-9-0
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12
- Frank Shamrock
- "The Legend" | 23-10-2
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13
- Georges St-Pierre
- "Rush" | 26-2-0
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14
- Brock Lesnar
- 5-3-0, 1 NC
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15
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider" | 34-11-0, 1 NC
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16
- Pat Miletich
- "The Croation Sensation" | 29-8-2
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17
- Dan Severn
- "The Beast" | 101-19-7
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18
- Bas Rutten
- "El Guapo" | 28-4-1
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19
- Ronda Rousey
- "Rowdy" | 12-2-0
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20
- Marco Ruas
- "The King of the Streets" | 9-4-2
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21
- Maurice Smith
- "Mo" | 14-17-0
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22
- Wanderlei Silva
- "The Axe Murderer" | 35-14-1, 1 NC
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23
- Mirko Filipović
- "Cro Cop" | 38-11-2, 1 NC
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24
- Gina Carano
- "Conviction" | 7-1-0
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25
- Urijah Faber
- "The California Kid" | 35-11-0
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26
- Josh Barnett
- "The Warmaster" | 35-8-0
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27
- Don Frye
- "The Predator" | 20-9-1, 1 NC
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28
- Jens Pulver
- "Little Evil" | 27-19-1