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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
- Vitor Belfort
- "The Phenom"
- 26-14-0, 1 NC
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4
- Conor McGregor
- "The Notorious"
- 22-6-0
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5
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun"
- 27-14-1
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6
- José Aldo
- "Junior"
- 31-8-0
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7
- Junior dos Santos
- "Cigano"
- 21-10-0
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8
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor"
- 40-7-0, 1 NC
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9
- Jon Jones
- "Bones"
- 27-1-0, 1 NC
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10
- Alistair Overeem
- "The Demolition Man"
- 47-19-0, 1 NC
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11
- Bas Rutten
- "El Guapo" | 28-4-1
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12
- Anthony Pettis
- "Showtime" | 25-14-0
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13
- Lyoto Machida
- "The Dragon" | 26-12-0
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14
- Georges St-Pierre
- "Rush" | 26-2-0
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15
- Wanderlei Silva
- "The Axe Murderer" | 35-14-1, 1 NC
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16
- Israel Adesanya
- "The Last Stylebender" | 24-3-0
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17
- Nick Diaz
- 26-10-0, 2 NC
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18
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman" | 21-9-0
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19
- Quinton Jackson
- "Rampage" | 37-14-0
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20
- Stephen Thompson
- "Wonderboy" | 17-7-1
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21
- Mark Hunt
- "Super Samoan" | 13-14-1, 1 NC
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22
- Igor Vovchanchyn
- "Ice Cold" | 55-10-1, 1 NC
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23
- Edson Barboza
- "Junior" | 24-11-0
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24
- Valentina Shevchenko
- "Bullet" | 23-4-1