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1
- Brock Lesnar
- 5-3-0, 1 NC
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2
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman"
- 21-9-0
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3
- Tito Ortiz
- "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy"
- 21-12-1
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4
- Georges St-Pierre
- "Rush"
- 26-2-0
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5
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider"
- 34-11-0, 1 NC
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6
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor"
- 40-7-0, 1 NC
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7
- Quinton Jackson
- "Rampage"
- 37-14-0
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8
- Forrest Griffin
- 19-7-0
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9
- Rashad Evans
- "Suga"
- 20-8-1