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1
- Forrest Griffin
- 19-7-0
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2
- David Abbott
- "Tank"
- 10-15-0
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3
- Chris Leben
- "The Crippler"
- 21-12-0
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4
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman"
- 21-9-0
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5
- Don Frye
- "The Predator"
- 20-9-1, 1 NC
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6
- Roy Nelson
- "Big Country"
- 23-19-0
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7
- Phil Baroni
- "The New York Badass"
- 16-19-0
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8
- Aleksander Emelianenko
- "The Grim Reaper"
- 28-9-1
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9
- Mark Hunt
- "Super Samoan"
- 13-14-1, 1 NC
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10
- Oleg Taktarov
- "The Russian Bear"
- 17-5-2
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11
- Tito Ortiz
- "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" | 21-12-1
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12
- Mark Coleman
- "The Hammer" | 16-10-0
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13
- Bob Sapp
- "The Beast" | 12-20-0
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14
- Mirko Filipović
- "Cro Cop" | 38-11-2, 1 NC
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15
- Shane Carwin
- "The Engineer" | 12-2-0
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16
- Valentijn Overeem
- "The Python" | 33-35-0