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1
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider"
- 34-11-0, 1 NC
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2
- Jon Jones
- "Bones"
- 27-1-0, 1 NC
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3
- Cain Velasquez
- 14-3-0
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4
- Alistair Overeem
- "The Demolition Man"
- 47-19-0, 1 NC
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5
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy"
- 16-14-2
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6
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman"
- 21-9-0
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7
- Georges St-Pierre
- "Rush"
- 26-2-0
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8
- Eddie Alvarez
- "The Underground King"
- 30-8-0, 2 NC
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9
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo"
- 32-15-0
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10
- José Aldo
- "Junior"
- 32-8-0
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11
- Lyoto Machida
- "The Dragon" | 26-12-0
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12
- Quinton Jackson
- "Rampage" | 37-14-0
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13
- Nick Diaz
- 26-10-0, 2 NC
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14
- Vitor Belfort
- "The Phenom" | 26-14-0, 1 NC
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15
- Junior dos Santos
- "Cigano" | 21-10-0
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16
- Rich Franklin
- "Ace" | 29-7-0, 1 NC
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17
- Shane Carwin
- "The Engineer" | 12-2-0
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18
- Thiago Alves
- "Pitbull" | 23-15-0
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19
- Paul Daley
- "Semtex" | 44-18-2
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20
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor" | 40-7-0, 1 NC
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21
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun" | 27-14-1
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22
- Wanderlei Silva
- "The Axe Murderer" | 35-14-1, 1 NC
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23
- Mirko Filipović
- "Cro Cop" | 38-11-2, 1 NC
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24
- Bas Rutten
- "El Guapo" | 28-4-1
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25
- Cung Le
- 9-3-0
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26
- Dominick Cruz
- "The Dominator" | 24-4-0
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27
- Chris Leben
- "The Crippler" | 21-12-0
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28
- Vladimir Matyushenko
- "The Janitor" | 27-8-0
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29
- Alexander Gustafsson
- "The Mauler" | 18-8-0
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30
- Nate Marquardt
- "The Great" | 36-20-2
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31
- Antônio Silva
- "BigFoot" | 19-15-0, 1 NC
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32
- Muhammed Lawal
- "King Mo" | 21-10-0, 1 NC
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33
- Jake Shields
- 33-11-1, 1 NC
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34
- Urijah Faber
- "The California Kid" | 35-11-0
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35
- Diego Sanchez
- "Nightmare" | 30-14-0
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36
- Rashad Evans
- "Suga" | 20-8-1
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37
- Brock Lesnar
- 5-3-0, 1 NC
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38
- Anthony Pettis
- "Showtime" | 25-14-0
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39
- Dan Hardy
- "The Outlaw" | 25-10-0, 1 NC
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40
- Sergei Kharitonov
- "The Paratrooper" | 36-9-0, 2 NC
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41
- Chad Griggs
- "The Grave Digger" | 11-3-0
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42
- Roy Nelson
- "Big Country" | 23-19-0
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43
- Tim Sylvia
- "The Maine-iac" | 31-10-0, 1 NC
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44
- Donald Cerrone
- "Cowboy" | 36-17-0, 2 NC
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45
- Frankie Edgar
- "The Answer" | 24-11-1
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46
- Frank Mir
- 19-13-0
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47
- Frank Shamrock
- "The Legend" | 23-10-2
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48
- John Hathaway
- "The Hitman" | 18-3-0
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49
- Rick Story
- "The Horror" | 21-10-0
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50
- Tito Ortiz
- "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" | 21-12-1