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1
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor"
- 40-7-0, 1 NC
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2
- Cain Velasquez
- 14-3-0
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3
- Bas Rutten
- "El Guapo"
- 28-4-1
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4
- Randy Couture
- "The Natural"
- 19-11-0
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5
- Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
- "Minotauro"
- 34-10-1, 1 NC
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6
- Daniel Cormier
- "DC"
- 22-3-0, 1 NC
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7
- Stipe Miocic
- 20-4-0
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8
- Junior dos Santos
- "Cigano"
- 21-10-0
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9
- Tom Aspinall
- 14-3-0