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1
- Roy Nelson
- "Big Country"
- 23-19-0
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2
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo"
- 32-15-0
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3
- Mark Hunt
- "Super Samoan"
- 13-14-1, 1 NC
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4
- Chris Leben
- "The Crippler"
- 21-12-0
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5
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun"
- 27-14-1
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6
- Stephan Bonnar
- "The American Psycho"
- 15-9-0
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7
- Patrick Cote
- "The Predator"
- 23-11-0
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8
- Sam Stout
- "Hands Of Stone"
- 20-12-1
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9
- Shane Carwin
- "The Engineer"
- 12-2-0
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10
- Kenny Florian
- "KenFlo"
- 14-6-0
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11
- Dan Hardy
- "The Outlaw" | 25-10-0, 1 NC
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12
- James Thompson
- "The Colossus" | 20-17-0, 1 NC
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13
- Randy Couture
- "The Natural" | 19-11-0
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14
- Ken Shamrock
- "The World's Most Dangerous Man" | 28-17-3
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15
- Don Frye
- "The Predator" | 20-9-1, 1 NC
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16
- Ray Sefo
- "Sugarfoot" | 2-2-0
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17
- Andrei Arlovski
- "The Pitbull" | 34-23-0, 2 NC
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18
- Keith Jardine
- "The Dean of Mean" | 17-11-2
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19
- Wanderlei Silva
- "The Axe Murderer" | 35-14-1, 1 NC
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20
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider" | 34-11-0, 1 NC
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21
- Terry Martin
- "Dangerous" | 23-12-0
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22
- Jason Miller
- "Mayhem" | 24-10-0, 1 NC
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23
- Junior dos Santos
- "Cigano" | 21-10-0
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24
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman" | 21-9-0
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25
- Donald Cerrone
- "Cowboy" | 36-17-0, 2 NC
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26
- Chael Sonnen
- 30-17-1
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27
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor" | 40-7-0, 1 NC
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28
- Wesley Correira
- "Cabbage" | 21-15-0
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29
- Quinton Jackson
- "Rampage" | 37-14-0
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30
- Clay Guida
- "The Carpenter" | 38-24-0
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31
- Diego Sanchez
- "Nightmare" | 30-14-0
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32
- Nick Diaz
- 26-10-0, 2 NC
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33
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy" | 16-14-2
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34
- Frankie Edgar
- "The Answer" | 24-11-1
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35
- Chris Lytle
- "Lights Out" | 31-18-5
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36
- Kazuyuki Fujita
- "Ol' Ironhead" | 18-14-0
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37
- Chan Sung Jung
- "The Korean Zombie" | 17-8-0
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38
- Tito Ortiz
- "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" | 21-12-1