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1
- Lyoto Machida
- "The Dragon"
- 26-12-0
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2
- Thiago Alves
- "Pitbull"
- 23-15-0
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3
- Junior dos Santos
- "Cigano"
- 21-10-0
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4
- Dominick Cruz
- "The Dominator"
- 24-4-0
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5
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy"
- 16-14-2
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6
- Anthony Pettis
- "Showtime"
- 25-14-0
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7
- Chael Sonnen
- 30-17-1
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8
- Jon Jones
- "Bones"
- 27-1-0, 1 NC
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9
- Alistair Overeem
- "The Demolition Man"
- 47-19-0, 1 NC
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10
- Jon Fitch
- 32-8-2, 1 NC
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11
- Carlos Condit
- "The Natural Born Killer" | 32-14-0
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12
- Brock Lesnar
- 5-3-0, 1 NC
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13
- Chan Sung Jung
- "The Korean Zombie" | 17-8-0
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14
- Chris Weidman
- "The All-American" | 16-7-0
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15
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo" | 32-15-0
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16
- Wanderlei Silva
- "The Axe Murderer" | 35-14-1, 1 NC
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17
- Shane Carwin
- "The Engineer" | 12-2-0
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18
- Carlos Eduardo Rocha
- "Ta Danado" | 9-4-0
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19
- Donald Cerrone
- "Cowboy" | 36-17-0, 2 NC
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20
- Rory MacDonald
- "Red King" | 23-10-1
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21
- Erik Koch
- "The Phoenix" | 16-6-0
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22
- Dustin Poirier
- "The Diamond" | 30-8-0, 1 NC
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23
- Ronaldo Souza
- "Jacaré" | 26-10-0, 1 NC
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24
- Gegard Mousasi
- "The Dreamcatcher" | 49-9-2
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25
- Brian Stann
- "All American" | 12-6-0