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1
- Wanderlei Silva
- "The Axe Murderer"
- 35-14-1, 1 NC
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2
- Nick Diaz
- 26-10-0, 2 NC
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3
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo"
- 32-15-0
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4
- Junior dos Santos
- "Cigano"
- 21-10-0
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5
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun"
- 27-14-1
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6
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider"
- 34-11-0, 1 NC
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7
- José Aldo
- "Junior"
- 31-8-0
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8
- Jon Jones
- "Bones"
- 27-1-0, 1 NC
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9
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy"
- 16-14-2
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10
- Carlos Condit
- "The Natural Born Killer"
- 32-14-0
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11
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor" | 40-7-0, 1 NC
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12
- Georges St-Pierre
- "Rush" | 26-2-0
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13
- Frank Mir
- 19-13-0
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14
- Nate Diaz
- 21-13-0
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15
- Forrest Griffin
- 19-7-0
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16
- Lyoto Machida
- "The Dragon" | 26-12-0
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17
- Alistair Overeem
- "The Demolition Man" | 47-19-0, 1 NC
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18
- Randy Couture
- "The Natural" | 19-11-0
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19
- Chael Sonnen
- 30-17-1
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20
- Quinton Jackson
- "Rampage" | 37-14-0
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21
- Clay Guida
- "The Carpenter" | 38-24-0
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22
- Frankie Edgar
- "The Answer" | 24-11-1
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23
- Bas Rutten
- "El Guapo" | 28-4-1
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24
- Benson Henderson
- "Smooth" | 30-12-0
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25
- Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
- "Minotauro" | 34-10-1, 1 NC
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26
- Mirko Filipović
- "Cro Cop" | 38-11-2, 1 NC
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27
- Chris Leben
- "The Crippler" | 21-12-0
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28
- Cain Velasquez
- 14-3-0
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29
- Pat Barry
- "HD" | 8-7-0
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30
- Donald Cerrone
- "Cowboy" | 36-17-0, 2 NC
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31
- Rich Franklin
- "Ace" | 29-7-0, 1 NC
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32
- Jason Miller
- "Mayhem" | 24-10-0, 1 NC
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33
- Mark Hunt
- "Super Samoan" | 13-14-1, 1 NC
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34
- Vitor Belfort
- "The Phenom" | 26-14-0, 1 NC
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35
- Chris Lytle
- "Lights Out" | 31-18-5