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1
- Frankie Edgar
- "The Answer"
- 24-11-1
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2
- Junior dos Santos
- "Cigano"
- 21-10-0
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3
- Cain Velasquez
- 14-3-0
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4
- Carlos Condit
- "The Natural Born Killer"
- 32-14-0
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5
- Dominick Cruz
- "The Dominator"
- 24-4-0
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6
- José Aldo
- "Junior"
- 31-8-0
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7
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider"
- 34-11-0, 1 NC
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8
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy"
- 16-14-2
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9
- Anthony Pettis
- "Showtime"
- 25-14-0
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10
- Donald Cerrone
- "Cowboy"
- 36-17-0, 2 NC
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11
- Norifumi Yamamoto
- "KID" | 18-6-0, 2 NC
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12
- Alexander Gustafsson
- "The Mauler" | 18-8-0
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13
- Semmy Schilt
- "Hightower" | 26-14-1
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14
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor" | 40-7-0, 1 NC
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15
- Mirko Filipović
- "Cro Cop" | 38-11-2, 1 NC
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16
- Shane Carwin
- "The Engineer" | 12-2-0
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17
- Lyoto Machida
- "The Dragon" | 26-12-0
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18
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo" | 32-15-0
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19
- Nick Diaz
- 26-10-0, 2 NC
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20
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun" | 27-14-1
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21
- Wanderlei Silva
- "The Axe Murderer" | 35-14-1, 1 NC
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22
- Igor Vovchanchyn
- "Ice Cold" | 55-10-1, 1 NC
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23
- Mark Hunt
- "Super Samoan" | 13-14-1, 1 NC
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24
- Jose Landi-Jons
- "Pelé" | 29-16-0
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25
- Tim Sylvia
- "The Maine-iac" | 31-10-0, 1 NC