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1
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo"
- 32-15-0
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2
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy"
- 16-14-2
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3
- Frankie Edgar
- "The Answer"
- 24-11-1
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4
- Nick Diaz
- 26-10-0, 2 NC
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5
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun"
- 27-14-1
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6
- Mark Hunt
- "Super Samoan"
- 13-14-1, 1 NC
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7
- Roy Nelson
- "Big Country"
- 23-19-0
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8
- Chris Lytle
- "Lights Out"
- 31-18-5
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9
- Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
- "Minotauro"
- 34-10-1, 1 NC
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10
- Carlos Condit
- "The Natural Born Killer"
- 32-14-0
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11
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider" | 34-11-0, 1 NC
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12
- Chan Sung Jung
- "The Korean Zombie" | 17-8-0
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13
- Kazuyuki Fujita
- "Ol' Ironhead" | 18-14-0
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14
- Chris Leben
- "The Crippler" | 21-12-0
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15
- Diego Sanchez
- "Nightmare" | 30-14-0
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16
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor" | 40-7-0, 1 NC
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17
- Wesley Correira
- "Cabbage" | 21-15-0
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18
- Leonard Garcia
- "Bad Boy" | 18-13-1
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19
- Fábio Maldonado
- "Caipira de Aço" | 28-17-0
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20
- Matt Brown
- "The Immortal" | 24-19-0
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21
- Randy Couture
- "The Natural" | 19-11-0
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22
- Junior dos Santos
- "Cigano" | 21-10-0
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23
- Jeremy Horn
- "Gumby" | 92-22-5, 1 NC
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24
- Joey Beltran
- "Mexicutioner" | 18-15-0, 1 NC
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25
- Urijah Faber
- "The California Kid" | 35-11-0
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26
- Wanderlei Silva
- "The Axe Murderer" | 35-14-1, 1 NC
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27
- Kenny Florian
- "KenFlo" | 14-6-0
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28
- Brian Ebersole
- "Bad Boy" | 50-18-1, 1 NC
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29
- Donald Cerrone
- "Cowboy" | 36-17-0, 2 NC
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30
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman" | 21-9-0
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31
- Takanori Gomi
- "The Fireball Kid" | 36-15-0, 1 NC
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32
- Mike Russow
- 15-3-0, 1 NC
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33
- Don Frye
- "The Predator" | 20-9-1, 1 NC
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34
- Gegard Mousasi
- "The Dreamcatcher" | 49-9-2
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35
- Henry Martinez
- "Sicario" | 9-4-0
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36
- Sean Sherk
- "The Muscle Shark" | 35-4-1
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37
- Lyoto Machida
- "The Dragon" | 26-12-0