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1
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo"
- 32-15-0
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2
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun"
- 27-14-1
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3
- Chris Leben
- "The Crippler"
- 21-12-0
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4
- Chris Lytle
- "Lights Out"
- 31-18-5
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5
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy"
- 16-14-2
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6
- Roy Nelson
- "Big Country"
- 23-19-0
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7
- Nick Diaz
- 26-10-0, 2 NC
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8
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider"
- 34-11-0, 1 NC
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9
- Clay Guida
- "The Carpenter"
- 38-24-0
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10
- Diego Sanchez
- "Nightmare"
- 30-14-0
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11
- Frankie Edgar
- "The Answer" | 24-11-1
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12
- Mark Hunt
- "Super Samoan" | 13-14-1, 1 NC
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13
- Carlos Condit
- "The Natural Born Killer" | 32-14-0
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14
- Leonard Garcia
- "Bad Boy" | 18-13-1
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15
- Nate Diaz
- 21-13-0
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16
- Benson Henderson
- "Smooth" | 30-12-0
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17
- Stephan Bonnar
- "The American Psycho" | 15-9-0
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18
- Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
- "Minotauro" | 34-10-1, 1 NC