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1
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo"
- 32-15-0
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2
- Roy Nelson
- "Big Country"
- 23-19-0
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3
- Matt Brown
- "The Immortal"
- 24-19-0
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4
- Kazuyuki Fujita
- "Ol' Ironhead"
- 18-14-0
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5
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun"
- 27-14-1
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6
- Mark Hunt
- "Super Samoan"
- 13-14-1, 1 NC
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7
- Chris Leben
- "The Crippler"
- 21-12-0
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8
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor"
- 40-7-0, 1 NC
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9
- Junior dos Santos
- "Cigano"
- 21-10-0
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10
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy"
- 16-14-2
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11
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider" | 34-11-0, 1 NC
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12
- Nick Diaz
- 26-10-0, 2 NC
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13
- Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
- "Minotauro" | 34-10-1, 1 NC
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14
- Quinton Jackson
- "Rampage" | 37-14-0
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15
- Leonard Garcia
- "Bad Boy" | 18-13-1
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16
- Frankie Edgar
- "The Answer" | 24-11-1