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1
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor"
- 40-7-0, 1 NC
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2
- Wanderlei Silva
- "The Axe Murderer"
- 35-14-1, 1 NC
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3
- Takanori Gomi
- "The Fireball Kid"
- 35-15-0, 1 NC
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4
- Mirko Filipović
- "Cro Cop"
- 38-11-2, 1 NC
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5
- Kazushi Sakuraba
- "The Gracie Hunter"
- 26-17-1, 2 NC
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6
- Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
- "Minotauro"
- 34-10-1, 1 NC
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7
- Igor Vovchanchyn
- "Ice Cold"
- 55-10-1, 1 NC
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8
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo"
- 32-15-0
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9
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun"
- 27-14-1
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10
- Antônio Rogério Nogueira
- "Minotouro"
- 23-10-0
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11
- Heath Herring
- "The Texas Crazy Horse" | 28-16-0, 1 NC
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12
- Quinton Jackson
- "Rampage" | 37-14-0
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13
- Sergei Kharitonov
- "The Paratrooper" | 35-9-0, 2 NC
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14
- Mark Coleman
- "The Hammer" | 16-10-0
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15
- Ricardo Arona
- "The Brazilian Tiger" | 14-5-0
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16
- Paulo Filho
- "Ely" | 24-6-3
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17
- Gary Goodridge
- "Big Daddy" | 23-22-1
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18
- Kazuhiro Nakamura
- "Kaz" | 21-13-0
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19
- Hidehiko Yoshida
- 9-8-1
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20
- Mark Kerr
- "The Smashing Machine" | 15-11-0, 1 NC