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1
- Royce Gracie
- 15-2-3
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2
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman"
- 21-9-0
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3
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider"
- 34-11-0, 1 NC
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4
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor"
- 40-7-0, 1 NC
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5
- Georges St-Pierre
- "Rush"
- 26-2-0
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6
- Matt Hughes
- 45-9-0
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7
- Tito Ortiz
- "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy"
- 21-12-1
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8
- Rich Franklin
- "Ace"
- 29-7-0, 1 NC
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9
- Vitor Belfort
- "The Phenom"
- 26-14-0, 1 NC
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10
- Kazushi Sakuraba
- "The Gracie Hunter"
- 26-17-1, 2 NC
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11
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy" | 16-14-2
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12
- Urijah Faber
- "The California Kid" | 35-11-0