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1
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor"
- 40-7-0, 1 NC
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2
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider"
- 34-11-0, 1 NC
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3
- Royce Gracie
- 15-2-3
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4
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo"
- 32-15-0
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5
- Randy Couture
- "The Natural"
- 19-11-0
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6
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman"
- 21-9-0
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7
- Matt Hughes
- 45-9-0
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8
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy"
- 16-14-2
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9
- Mirko Filipović
- "Cro Cop"
- 38-11-2, 1 NC
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10
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun"
- 27-14-1
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11
- Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
- "Minotauro" | 34-10-1, 1 NC
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12
- Wanderlei Silva
- "The Axe Murderer" | 35-14-1, 1 NC
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13
- Kazushi Sakuraba
- "The Gracie Hunter" | 26-17-1, 2 NC
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14
- Bas Rutten
- "El Guapo" | 28-4-1
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15
- Georges St-Pierre
- "Rush" | 26-2-0
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16
- Don Frye
- "The Predator" | 20-9-1, 1 NC
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17
- Takanori Gomi
- "The Fireball Kid" | 35-15-0, 1 NC
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18
- Tito Ortiz
- "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" | 21-12-1