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1
- Georges St-Pierre
- "Rush"
- 26-2-0
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2
- Jon Jones
- "Bones"
- 27-1-0, 1 NC
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3
- José Aldo
- "Junior"
- 31-8-0
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4
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor"
- 40-7-0, 1 NC
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5
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider"
- 34-11-0, 1 NC
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6
- Matt Hughes
- 45-9-0
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7
- Alexander Volkanovski
- "The Great"
- 26-4-0
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8
- Max Holloway
- "Blessed"
- 26-7-0
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9
- Demetrious Johnson
- "Mighty Mouse"
- 25-4-1
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10
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy"
- 16-14-2
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11
- Kamaru Usman
- "Nigerian Nightmare" | 20-4-0
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12
- Daniel Cormier
- "DC" | 22-3-0, 1 NC
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13
- Khabib Nurmagomedov
- "The Eagle" | 29-0-0
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14
- Israel Adesanya
- "The Last Stylebender" | 24-3-0
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15
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo" | 32-15-0
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16
- Stipe Miocic
- 20-4-0
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17
- Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
- "Minotauro" | 34-10-1, 1 NC
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18
- Randy Couture
- "The Natural" | 19-11-0
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19
- Frankie Edgar
- "The Answer" | 24-11-1
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20
- Urijah Faber
- "The California Kid" | 35-11-0