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1
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman"
- 21-9-0
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2
- Randy Couture
- "The Natural"
- 19-11-0
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3
- Tito Ortiz
- "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy"
- 21-12-1
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4
- Kazushi Sakuraba
- "The Gracie Hunter"
- 26-17-1, 2 NC
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5
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor"
- 40-7-0, 1 NC
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6
- Mirko Filipović
- "Cro Cop"
- 38-11-2, 1 NC
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7
- Bas Rutten
- "El Guapo"
- 28-4-1
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8
- Stephan Bonnar
- "The American Psycho"
- 15-9-0
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9
- Forrest Griffin
- 19-7-0
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10
- Georges St-Pierre
- "Rush"
- 26-2-0
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11
- Matt Hughes
- 45-9-0
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12
- Royce Gracie
- 15-2-3
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13
- Matt Serra
- "The Terror" | 11-7-0
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14
- Chris Lytle
- "Lights Out" | 31-18-5
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15
- BJ Penn
- "The Prodigy" | 16-14-2
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16
- Urijah Faber
- "The California Kid" | 35-11-0
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17
- Pat Miletich
- "The Croation Sensation" | 29-8-2
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18
- Frank Mir
- 19-13-0
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19
- Dan Henderson
- "Hendo" | 32-15-0
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20
- Maurício Rua
- "Shogun" | 27-14-1
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21
- Quinton Jackson
- "Rampage" | 37-14-0
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22
- Frank Shamrock
- "The Legend" | 23-10-2
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23
- Ken Shamrock
- "The World's Most Dangerous Man" | 28-17-3
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24
- Tim Sylvia
- "The Maine-iac" | 31-10-0, 1 NC
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25
- Pedro Rizzo
- "The Rock" | 20-11-0
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26
- Wanderlei Silva
- "The Axe Murderer" | 35-14-1, 1 NC
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27
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider" | 34-11-0, 1 NC
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28
- Matt Lindland
- "The Law" | 22-9-0
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29
- Jeremy Horn
- "Gumby" | 92-22-5, 1 NC
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30
- Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
- "Minotauro" | 34-10-1, 1 NC
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31
- Antônio Rogério Nogueira
- "Minotouro" | 23-10-0