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1
- Bas Rutten
- "El Guapo"
- 28-4-1
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2
- Mirko Filipović
- "Cro Cop"
- 38-11-2, 1 NC
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3
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor"
- 40-7-0, 1 NC
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4
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman"
- 21-9-0
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5
- Wanderlei Silva
- "The Axe Murderer"
- 35-14-1, 1 NC
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6
- Alistair Overeem
- "The Demolition Man"
- 47-19-0, 1 NC
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7
- Marco Ruas
- "The King of the Streets"
- 9-4-2
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8
- Takanori Gomi
- "The Fireball Kid"
- 35-15-0, 1 NC
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9
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider"
- 34-11-0, 1 NC
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10
- Lyoto Machida
- "The Dragon"
- 26-12-0
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11
- Vitor Belfort
- "The Phenom" | 26-14-0, 1 NC
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12
- Quinton Jackson
- "Rampage" | 37-14-0
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13
- Igor Vovchanchyn
- "Ice Cold" | 55-10-1, 1 NC
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14
- Junior dos Santos
- "Cigano" | 21-10-0
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15
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo" | 32-15-0
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16
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy" | 16-14-2
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17
- Paul Daley
- "Semtex" | 44-18-2
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18
- Shane Carwin
- "The Engineer" | 12-2-0
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19
- José Aldo
- "Junior" | 32-8-0
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20
- Cung Le
- 9-3-0
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21
- Pedro Rizzo
- "The Rock" | 20-11-0
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22
- Robbie Lawler
- "Ruthless" | 30-16-0, 1 NC
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23
- Thiago Alves
- "Pitbull" | 23-15-0
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24
- Eddie Alvarez
- "The Underground King" | 30-8-0, 2 NC
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25
- Gilbert Yvel
- "The Hurricane" | 41-16-1, 1 NC
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26
- Cyrille Diabate
- "The Snake" | 19-10-1