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1
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor"
- 40-7-0, 1 NC
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2
- Randy Couture
- "The Natural"
- 19-11-0
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3
- Fabrício Werdum
- "Vai Cavalo"
- 24-9-1, 1 NC
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4
- Georges St-Pierre
- "Rush"
- 26-2-0
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5
- Matt Hughes
- 45-9-0
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6
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy"
- 16-14-2
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7
- José Aldo
- "Junior"
- 31-8-0
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8
- Mirko Filipović
- "Cro Cop"
- 38-11-2, 1 NC
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9
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider"
- 34-11-0, 1 NC
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10
- Jon Jones
- "Bones"
- 27-1-0, 1 NC
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11
- Vitor Belfort
- "The Phenom" | 26-14-0, 1 NC
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12
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo" | 32-15-0
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13
- Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
- "Minotauro" | 34-10-1, 1 NC
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14
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun" | 27-14-1
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15
- Forrest Griffin
- 19-7-0
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16
- Bas Rutten
- "El Guapo" | 28-4-1
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17
- Tito Ortiz
- "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" | 21-12-1
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18
- Rich Franklin
- "Ace" | 29-7-0, 1 NC
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19
- Kazushi Sakuraba
- "The Gracie Hunter" | 26-17-1, 2 NC
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20
- Frank Mir
- 19-13-0
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21
- Mark Coleman
- "The Hammer" | 16-10-0
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22
- Josh Barnett
- "The Warmaster" | 35-8-0
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23
- Dan Severn
- "The Beast" | 101-19-7
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24
- Ken Shamrock
- "The World's Most Dangerous Man" | 28-17-3
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25
- Shinya Aoki
- "Tobikan Judan" | 48-11-0, 1 NC
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26
- Tim Sylvia
- "The Maine-iac" | 31-10-0, 1 NC
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27
- Royce Gracie
- 15-2-3
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28
- Rickson Gracie
- 9-0-0
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29
- Brock Lesnar
- 5-3-0, 1 NC
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30
- Wanderlei Silva
- "The Axe Murderer" | 35-14-1, 1 NC