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1
- Wanderlei Silva
- "The Axe Murderer"
- 35-14-1, 1 NC
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2
- Chris Lytle
- "Lights Out"
- 31-18-5
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3
- Diego Sanchez
- "Nightmare"
- 30-14-0
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4
- Marcus Davis
- "The Irish Hand Grenade"
- 23-11-0, 1 NC
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5
- Donald Cerrone
- "Cowboy"
- 36-17-0, 2 NC
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6
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo"
- 32-15-0
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7
- Takanori Gomi
- "The Fireball Kid"
- 35-15-0, 1 NC
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8
- Robbie Lawler
- "Ruthless"
- 30-16-0, 1 NC
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9
- Vitor Belfort
- "The Phenom"
- 26-14-0, 1 NC
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10
- Roy Nelson
- "Big Country"
- 23-19-0
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11
- Clay Guida
- "The Carpenter" | 38-24-0
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12
- Chris Leben
- "The Crippler" | 21-12-0
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13
- Don Frye
- "The Predator" | 20-9-1, 1 NC
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14
- Matt Brown
- "The Immortal" | 24-19-0
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15
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun" | 27-14-1
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16
- Forrest Griffin
- 19-7-0
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17
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor" | 40-7-0, 1 NC
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18
- Sergei Kharitonov
- "The Paratrooper" | 35-9-0, 2 NC
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19
- Mirko Filipović
- "Cro Cop" | 38-11-2, 1 NC
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20
- Ikuhisa Minowa
- "Minowaman" | 63-45-8
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21
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman" | 21-9-0
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22
- Shane Carwin
- "The Engineer" | 12-2-0
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23
- Junior dos Santos
- "Cigano" | 21-10-0
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24
- Alistair Overeem
- "The Demolition Man" | 47-19-0, 1 NC
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25
- Mark Hunt
- "Super Samoan" | 13-14-1, 1 NC