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- Top Welterweights - 170 lbs.
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- Top Bantamweights - 135 lbs.
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- Top Flyweights - 125 lbs.
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- Jon Jones
- "Bones"
- 16-1-0
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2
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider"
- 31-4-0
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3
- Georges St. Pierre
- "Rush"
- 22-2-0
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4
- Jose Aldo
- "Junior"
- 21-1-0
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5
- Dominick Cruz
- "The Dominator"
- 19-1-0
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- Junior Dos Santos
- "Cigano"
- 14-1-0
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7
- Ben Henderson
- "Smooth"
- 16-2-0
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8
- Frankie Edgar
- "The Answer"
- 14-2-1
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9
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo"
- 29-8-0
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10
- Carlos Condit
- "The Natural Born Killer"
- 28-5-0
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- Gilbert "El Nino" Melendez | 21-2-0
- "Sugar" Rashad Evans | 17-2-1
- Nick Diaz | 26-8-0, 1 NC
- Alistair "The Reem" Overeem | 36-11-0, 1 NC
- Cain Velasquez | 9-1-0
- "The California Kid" Urijah Faber | 26-5-0
- Chael Sonnen | 27-11-1
- Mauricio "Shogun" Rua | 20-6-0
- Joseph "The Beefcake" Benavidez | 16-2-0
- Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida | 17-3-0
- BJ "The Prodigy" Penn | 16-8-2
- Gray "The Bully" Maynard | 11-1-1, 1 NC
- Vitor "The Phenom" Belfort | 21-9-0
- Nate Diaz | 16-7-0
- Jon Fitch | 23-4-1, 1 NC
- Renan Barao | 29-1-0, 1 NC
- Anthony "Showtime" Pettis | 16-2-0
- Jake Shields | 27-6-1
- "The Last Emperor" Fedor Emelianenko | 34-4-0, 1 NC
- "Lightning" Hector Lombard | 31-2-1, 1 NC
- Ian "Uncle Creepy" McCall | 11-2-2
- Chad "Robo" Robichaux | 12-2-0
- Josh "Kos" Koscheck | 17-6-0
- Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson | 14-2-2
- Jake "The Juggernaut" Ellenberger | 27-5-0
- Quinton "Rampage" Jackson | 32-10-0
- Eddie "The Silent Assassin" Alvarez | 23-3-0
- Frank Mir | 16-5-0
- Fabricio "Vai Cavalo" Werdum | 15-5-1
- Daniel "DC" Cormier | 10-0-0
- "The Warmaster" Josh Barnett | 31-6-0
- Kenny "KenFlo" Florian | 14-6-0
- Michael Chandler | 10-0-0
- Hatsu Hioki | 26-4-2
- Brian Bowles | 10-2-0
- Chad "Money" Mendes | 11-1-0
- "The Korean Zombie" Chan Sung Jung | 13-3-0
- Yushin "Thunder" Okami | 26-7-0
- Johny "Big Rig" Hendricks | 13-1-0
- Nate "The Great" Marquardt | 31-10-2
- Forrest Griffin | 18-7-0
- Brock Lesnar | 5-3-0
- Shinya "Tobikan Judan" Aoki | 30-6-0, 1 NC
- Phil "Mr. Wonderful" Davis | 9-1-0
- Miguel Torres | 40-5-0
- Jim Miller | 21-4-0
- Michael "The Count" Bisping | 22-4-0
- Gegard "The Dreamcatcher" Mousasi | 32-3-2
- Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone | 18-4-0, 1 NC
- Thiago "Pitbull" Alves | 19-9-0
- Pat "Paddy Mike" Curran | 17-4-0
- Randy "The Natural" Couture | 19-11-0
- Ryan "Darth" Bader | 14-2-0
- Mark "The Filipino Wrecking Machine" Munoz | 12-2-0
- Shane "The Engineer" Carwin | 12-2-0
- Clay "The Carpenter" Guida | 30-12-0
- Cristiane "Cyborg" Santos | 10-1-0, 1 NC
- Melvin "The Young Assassin" Guillard | 29-10-2, 1 NC
- Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira | 33-7-1, 1 NC
- "Funky" Ben Askren | 10-0-0
- Ronaldo "Jacare" Souza | 15-3-0, 1 NC
- Alexander "The Mauler" Gustafsson | 14-1-0
- Rory "Ares" MacDonald | 13-1-0
- Rich "Ace" Franklin | 28-6-0, 1 NC
- Alexander "Storm" Shlemenko | 44-7-0
- Tatsuya "Crusher" Kawajiri | 31-7-2
- "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey | 5-0-0
- George Sotiropoulos | 14-4-0
- Josh "The Fluke" Grispi | 14-3-0
- Marlon Sandro | 22-4-0
- Michael "Mayday" McDonald | 15-1-0
- "El Guapo" Bas Rutten | 28-4-1
- Dustin "The Diamond" Poirier | 12-2-0
- "The Axe Murderer" Wanderlei Silva | 34-11-1, 1 NC
- Mike Brown | 25-8-0
- Daniel Straus | 20-4-0
- Jimy "The Kid" Hettes | 10-0-0
- Scott "Young Guns" Jorgensen | 13-5-0
- Ben "Killa B" Saunders | 13-5-2
- Diego "The Dream" Sanchez | 23-5-0
- "All American" Brian Stann | 12-4-0
- Luke Rockhold | 9-1-0
- Martin "Hitman" Kampmann | 19-5-0
- Alan "The Talent" Belcher | 18-6-0
- Erik "New Breed" Koch | 13-1-0
- Yuri "Marajo" Alcantara | 28-3-0
- Matt Hughes | 46-9-0
- Tim "The Barbarian" Boetsch | 15-4-0
- Jussier "Formiga" da Silva | 13-1-0
- Antonio Rogerio "Minotoro" Nogueira | 20-5-0
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