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1
- Donald Cerrone
- "Cowboy"
- 36-17-0, 2 NC
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2
- Matt Brown
- "The Immortal"
- 24-19-0
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3
- Brock Lesnar
- 5-3-0, 1 NC
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4
- Nick Diaz
- 26-10-0, 2 NC
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5
- Nate Diaz
- 21-13-0
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6
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy"
- 16-14-2
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7
- Chael Sonnen
- 30-17-1
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8
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo"
- 32-15-0
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9
- Chris Leben
- "The Crippler"
- 21-12-0
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10
- Randy Couture
- "The Natural"
- 19-11-0
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11
- Kazushi Sakuraba
- "The Gracie Hunter" | 26-17-1, 2 NC
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12
- Carlos Condit
- "The Natural Born Killer" | 32-14-0
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13
- Vitor Belfort
- "The Phenom" | 26-14-0, 1 NC
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14
- Royce Gracie
- 15-2-3
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15
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun" | 27-14-1
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16
- José Aldo
- "Junior" | 32-8-0
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17
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman" | 21-9-0
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18
- Diego Sanchez
- "Nightmare" | 30-14-0
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19
- Brian Stann
- "All American" | 12-6-0
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20
- Jim Miller
- "A-10" | 37-18-0, 1 NC
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21
- Kenny Florian
- "KenFlo" | 14-6-0