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1
- Cain Velasquez
- 14-3-0
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2
- Shane Carwin
- "The Engineer"
- 12-2-0
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3
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo"
- 32-15-0
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4
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider"
- 34-11-0, 1 NC
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5
- Vitor Belfort
- "The Phenom"
- 26-14-0, 1 NC
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6
- Chris Leben
- "The Crippler"
- 21-12-0
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7
- Junior dos Santos
- "Cigano"
- 21-10-0
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8
- Quinton Jackson
- "Rampage"
- 37-14-0
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9
- Rich Franklin
- "Ace"
- 29-7-0, 1 NC
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10
- Wanderlei Silva
- "The Axe Murderer"
- 35-14-1, 1 NC
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11
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman" | 21-9-0
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12
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun" | 27-14-1
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13
- Matt Brown
- "The Immortal" | 24-19-0
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14
- Johny Hendricks
- "Big Rig" | 18-8-0
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15
- Glover Teixeira
- 33-9-0
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16
- Travis Browne
- "Hapa" | 18-7-1
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17
- Carlos Condit
- "The Natural Born Killer" | 32-14-0
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18
- Robbie Lawler
- "Ruthless" | 30-16-0, 1 NC
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19
- Roy Nelson
- "Big Country" | 23-19-0
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20
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy" | 16-14-2
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21
- Nick Diaz
- 26-10-0, 2 NC
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22
- Thiago Alves
- "Pitbull" | 23-15-0
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23
- Dong Hyun Kim
- "Stun Gun" | 22-4-1, 1 NC
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24
- Jake Ellenberger
- "The Juggernaut" | 31-15-0
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25
- Dan Hardy
- "The Outlaw" | 25-10-0, 1 NC
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26
- Hector Lombard
- "Showeather" | 34-10-1, 3 NC
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27
- Takanori Gomi
- "The Fireball Kid" | 35-15-0, 1 NC
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28
- Jeremy Stephens
- "Lil' Heathen" | 29-21-0, 1 NC
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29
- José Aldo
- "Junior" | 32-8-0
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30
- Eddie Wineland
- 24-16-1
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31
- Mirko Filipović
- "Cro Cop" | 38-11-2, 1 NC
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32
- Cheick Kongo
- "The Darkness" | 31-12-2, 1 NC
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33
- Tito Ortiz
- "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" | 21-12-1
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34
- Melvin Guillard
- "The Young Assassin" | 32-22-2, 3 NC
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35
- Andrei Arlovski
- "The Pitbull" | 34-23-0, 2 NC
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36
- Matt Hughes
- 45-9-0
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37
- Bas Rutten
- "El Guapo" | 28-4-1
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38
- Tim Sylvia
- "The Maine-iac" | 31-10-0, 1 NC
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39
- Jon Jones
- "Bones" | 27-1-0, 1 NC
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40
- Jens Pulver
- "Little Evil" | 27-19-1
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41
- Uriah Hall
- "Prime Time" | 17-11-0
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42
- Alistair Overeem
- "The Demolition Man" | 47-19-0, 1 NC
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43
- Soa Palelei
- "The Hulk" | 23-5-0