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1
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo"
- 32-15-0
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2
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman"
- 21-9-0
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3
- Cain Velasquez
- 14-3-0
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4
- Andrei Arlovski
- "The Pitbull"
- 34-23-0, 2 NC
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5
- David Abbott
- "Tank"
- 10-15-0
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6
- Georges St-Pierre
- "Rush"
- 26-2-0
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7
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor"
- 40-7-0, 1 NC
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8
- Junior dos Santos
- "Cigano"
- 21-10-0
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9
- Shane Carwin
- "The Engineer"
- 12-2-0
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10
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy"
- 16-14-2
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11
- Quinton Jackson
- "Rampage" | 37-14-0
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12
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider" | 34-11-0, 1 NC
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13
- Vitor Belfort
- "The Phenom" | 26-14-0, 1 NC
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14
- Takanori Gomi
- "The Fireball Kid" | 35-15-0, 1 NC
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15
- Gray Maynard
- "The Bully" | 13-7-1, 1 NC
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16
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun" | 27-14-1
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17
- Rashad Evans
- "Suga" | 20-8-1
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18
- Wanderlei Silva
- "The Axe Murderer" | 35-14-1, 1 NC
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19
- Alistair Overeem
- "The Demolition Man" | 47-19-0, 1 NC
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20
- Hector Lombard
- "Showeather" | 34-10-1, 3 NC
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21
- Nate Marquardt
- "The Great" | 36-20-2
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22
- Melvin Guillard
- "The Young Assassin" | 32-22-2, 3 NC
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23
- Rich Franklin
- "Ace" | 29-7-0, 1 NC
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24
- Brock Lesnar
- 5-3-0, 1 NC
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25
- Phil Baroni
- "The New York Badass" | 16-19-0
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26
- Antônio Rogério Nogueira
- "Minotouro" | 23-10-0
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27
- Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
- "Minotauro" | 34-10-1, 1 NC
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28
- Brian Stann
- "All American" | 12-6-0
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29
- Mark Hominick
- "The Machine" | 20-12-0
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30
- Tim Sylvia
- "The Maine-iac" | 31-10-0, 1 NC
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31
- Kevin Randleman
- "The Monster" | 17-16-0