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1
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor"
- 40-7-0, 1 NC
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2
- Kazushi Sakuraba
- "The Gracie Hunter"
- 26-17-1, 2 NC
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3
- Igor Vovchanchyn
- "Ice Cold"
- 55-10-1, 1 NC
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4
- Alexander Shlemenko
- "Storm"
- 64-15-1, 1 NC
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5
- Lyoto Machida
- "The Dragon"
- 26-12-0
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6
- Nick Diaz
- 26-10-0, 2 NC
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7
- Takanori Gomi
- "The Fireball Kid"
- 35-15-0, 1 NC
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8
- Genki Sudo
- "Neo-Samurai"
- 16-4-1
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9
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman"
- 21-9-0
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10
- Hidehiko Yoshida
- 9-8-1
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11
- Norifumi Yamamoto
- "KID" | 18-6-0, 2 NC
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12
- Chris Weidman
- "The All-American" | 16-7-0
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13
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy" | 16-14-2
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14
- Mirko Filipović
- "Cro Cop" | 38-11-2, 1 NC
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15
- Vitaly Minakov
- 22-2-0
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16
- Shinya Aoki
- "Tobikan Judan" | 48-11-0, 1 NC
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17
- Johny Hendricks
- "Big Rig" | 18-8-0
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18
- Mark Hunt
- "Super Samoan" | 13-14-1, 1 NC
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19
- Cain Velasquez
- 14-3-0
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20
- Aleksander Emelianenko
- "The Grim Reaper" | 28-9-1
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21
- Junior dos Santos
- "Cigano" | 21-10-0
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22
- Wanderlei Silva
- "The Axe Murderer" | 35-14-1, 1 NC
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23
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun" | 27-14-1
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24
- Gegard Mousasi
- "The Dreamcatcher" | 49-9-2
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25
- Josh Barnett
- "The Warmaster" | 35-8-0
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26
- Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
- "Minotauro" | 34-10-1, 1 NC
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27
- José Aldo
- "Junior" | 31-8-0
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28
- Anthony Pettis
- "Showtime" | 25-14-0
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29
- Adlan Amagov
- "Borz" | 14-2-1
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30
- Khabib Nurmagomedov
- "The Eagle" | 29-0-0
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31
- Chan Sung Jung
- "The Korean Zombie" | 17-8-0
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32
- Chael Sonnen
- 30-17-1
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33
- Joe Lauzon
- "J-Lau" | 28-15-0
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34
- Bas Rutten
- "El Guapo" | 28-4-1
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35
- Quinton Jackson
- "Rampage" | 37-14-0
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36
- Alexander Gustafsson
- "The Mauler" | 18-8-0
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37
- Satoshi Ishii
- 26-14-1
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38
- Andrey Koreshkov
- "Spartan" | 27-5-0
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39
- Pat Barry
- "HD" | 8-7-0
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40
- Tsuyoshi Kosaka
- "TK" | 42-33-2
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41
- Nate Diaz
- 21-13-0
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42
- Roy Nelson
- "Big Country" | 23-19-0
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43
- Michael Bisping
- "The Count" | 30-9-0
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44
- Brian Stann
- "All American" | 12-6-0
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45
- John Dodson
- "The Magician" | 24-14-0
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46
- Alexander Volkov
- "Drago" | 37-10-0
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47
- Ali Bagautinov
- "Puncher" | 21-7-0
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48
- Brock Lesnar
- 5-3-0, 1 NC