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1
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo"
- 32-15-0
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2
- Quinton Jackson
- "Rampage"
- 37-14-0
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3
- Chan Sung Jung
- "The Korean Zombie"
- 17-8-0
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4
- Alistair Overeem
- "The Demolition Man"
- 47-19-0, 1 NC
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5
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun"
- 27-14-1
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6
- Dominick Cruz
- "The Dominator"
- 24-4-0
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7
- Jason Miller
- "Mayhem"
- 24-10-0, 1 NC
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8
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy"
- 16-14-2
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9
- Benson Henderson
- "Smooth"
- 30-12-0
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10
- Urijah Faber
- "The California Kid"
- 35-11-0
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11
- Tito Ortiz
- "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" | 21-12-1
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12
- Georges St-Pierre
- "Rush" | 26-2-0
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13
- Dan Hardy
- "The Outlaw" | 25-10-0, 1 NC
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14
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor" | 40-7-0, 1 NC
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15
- Kazushi Sakuraba
- "The Gracie Hunter" | 26-17-1, 2 NC
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16
- Jon Jones
- "Bones" | 27-1-0, 1 NC
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17
- Chael Sonnen
- 30-17-1
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18
- Donald Cerrone
- "Cowboy" | 36-17-0, 2 NC
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19
- Dennis Hallman
- "Superman" | 52-20-2, 1 NC
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20
- Miguel Torres
- 44-9-0
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21
- Tom Lawlor
- "Filthy" | 11-8-0, 1 NC
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22
- Brian Bowles
- 10-3-0
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23
- Clay Guida
- "The Carpenter" | 38-24-0
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24
- Carlos Condit
- "The Natural Born Killer" | 32-14-0
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25
- Muhammed Lawal
- "King Mo" | 21-10-0, 1 NC
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26
- Shinya Aoki
- "Tobikan Judan" | 48-11-0, 1 NC
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27
- Akihiro Gono
- "The Magic Man" | 38-24-8
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28
- Kimo Leopoldo
- 10-7-1
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29
- Frankie Edgar
- "The Answer" | 24-11-1
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30
- Ikuhisa Minowa
- "Minowaman" | 63-45-8
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31
- Diego Sanchez
- "Nightmare" | 30-14-0
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32
- Vitor Belfort
- "The Phenom" | 26-14-0, 1 NC
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33
- Josh Koscheck
- "Kos" | 17-11-0
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34
- Phil Baroni
- "The New York Badass" | 16-19-0
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35
- Kenny Florian
- "KenFlo" | 14-6-0
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36
- Chris Lytle
- "Lights Out" | 31-18-5
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37
- Rashad Evans
- "Suga" | 20-8-1
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38
- Scott Jorgensen
- "Young Guns" | 15-12-0
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39
- Thiago Silva
- 21-9-0, 3 NC
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40
- Lyle Beerbohm
- "Fancy Pants" | 23-3-0
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41
- Nate Diaz
- 21-13-0
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42
- Ian McCall
- "Uncle Creepy" | 13-7-1