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1
- Wanderlei Silva
- "The Axe Murderer"
- 35-14-1, 1 NC
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2
- Kazushi Sakuraba
- "The Gracie Hunter"
- 26-17-1, 2 NC
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3
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor"
- 40-7-0, 1 NC
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4
- Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
- "Minotauro"
- 34-10-1, 1 NC
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5
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo"
- 32-15-0
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6
- Takanori Gomi
- "The Fireball Kid"
- 35-15-0, 1 NC
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7
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun"
- 27-14-1
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8
- Mirko Filipović
- "Cro Cop"
- 38-11-2, 1 NC
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9
- Mark Coleman
- "The Hammer"
- 16-10-0
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10
- Kazuo Misaki
- "Grabaka Hitman"
- 25-11-2, 1 NC
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11
- Quinton Jackson
- "Rampage" | 37-14-0
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12
- Heath Herring
- "The Texas Crazy Horse" | 28-16-0, 1 NC
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13
- Igor Vovchanchyn
- "Ice Cold" | 55-10-1, 1 NC
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14
- Josh Barnett
- "The Warmaster" | 35-8-0
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15
- Akira Shoji
- "Mr. Pride" | 14-17-5
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16
- Ikuhisa Minowa
- "Minowaman" | 63-45-8
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17
- Paulo Filho
- "Ely" | 24-6-3
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18
- Hidehiko Yoshida
- 9-8-1
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19
- Hayato Sakurai
- "Mach" | 38-13-2
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20
- Denis Kang
- "Super Korean" | 35-16-2, 2 NC
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21
- Murilo Bustamante
- "Bust A Move" | 15-8-1
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22
- Ricardo Arona
- "The Brazilian Tiger" | 14-5-0
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23
- Kazuyuki Fujita
- "Ol' Ironhead" | 18-14-0
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24
- Kazuhiro Nakamura
- "Kaz" | 21-13-0
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25
- Sergei Kharitonov
- "The Paratrooper" | 35-9-0, 2 NC
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26
- Mark Hunt
- "Super Samoan" | 13-14-1, 1 NC
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27
- Carlos Newton
- "The Ronin" | 16-14-0
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28
- Akihiro Gono
- "The Magic Man" | 38-24-8
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29
- Shinya Aoki
- "Tobikan Judan" | 48-11-0, 1 NC
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30
- Joachim Hansen
- "Hellboy" | 23-14-1
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31
- Fabrício Werdum
- "Vai Cavalo" | 24-9-1, 1 NC
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32
- Aleksander Emelianenko
- "The Grim Reaper" | 28-9-1
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33
- Tatsuya Kawajiri
- "Crusher" | 37-14-2
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34
- Kevin Randleman
- "The Monster" | 17-16-0
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35
- Ryo Chonan
- "Piranha" | 22-13-0
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36
- Murilo Rua
- "Ninja" | 20-13-1
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37
- Renzo Gracie
- 14-7-1, 1 NC
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38
- Phil Baroni
- "The New York Badass" | 16-19-0
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39
- Mark Kerr
- "The Smashing Machine" | 15-11-0, 1 NC
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40
- Rickson Gracie
- 9-0-0