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1
- Cain Velasquez
- 14-3-0
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2
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor"
- 40-7-0, 1 NC
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3
- Nick Diaz
- 26-10-0, 2 NC
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4
- José Aldo
- "Junior"
- 32-8-0
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5
- Junior dos Santos
- "Cigano"
- 21-10-0
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6
- Alexander Gustafsson
- "The Mauler"
- 18-8-0
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7
- Anthony Pettis
- "Showtime"
- 25-14-0
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8
- Michael Chandler
- "Iron"
- 23-8-0
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9
- Eddie Alvarez
- "The Underground King"
- 30-8-0, 2 NC
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10
- Chris Weidman
- "The All-American"
- 16-7-0
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11
- Mark Hunt
- "Super Samoan" | 13-14-1, 1 NC
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12
- Khabib Nurmagomedov
- "The Eagle" | 29-0-0
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13
- Josh Barnett
- "The Warmaster" | 35-8-0
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14
- Gegard Mousasi
- "The Dreamcatcher" | 49-9-2
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15
- Daniel Cormier
- "DC" | 22-3-0, 1 NC
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16
- Renan Barão
- "The Baron" | 34-10-0, 1 NC
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17
- Vitaly Minakov
- 22-2-0