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1
- Anderson Silva
- "The Spider"
- 34-11-0, 1 NC
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2
- Israel Adesanya
- "The Last Stylebender"
- 24-3-0
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3
- José Aldo
- "Junior"
- 32-8-0
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4
- Max Holloway
- "Blessed"
- 26-7-0
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5
- Conor McGregor
- "The Notorious"
- 22-6-0
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6
- Stephen Thompson
- "Wonderboy"
- 17-7-1
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7
- Jon Jones
- "Bones"
- 27-1-0, 1 NC
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8
- Mirko Filipović
- "Cro Cop"
- 38-11-2, 1 NC
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9
- Edson Barboza
- "Junior"
- 24-12-0
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10
- Lyoto Machida
- "The Dragon"
- 26-12-0
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11
- Dustin Poirier
- "The Diamond" | 30-8-0, 1 NC
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12
- Robert Whittaker
- "The Reaper" | 25-7-0
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13
- Petr Yan
- "No Mercy" | 17-5-0
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14
- Joanna Jędrzejczyk
- 16-5-0
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15
- Francis NGannou
- "The Predator" | 17-3-0
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16
- Derrick Lewis
- "The Black Beast" | 28-12-0, 1 NC
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17
- Pat Barry
- "HD" | 8-7-0
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18
- Cody Garbrandt
- "No Love" | 14-6-0
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19
- Nate Diaz
- 21-13-0
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20
- Sean O'Malley
- "Suga" | 18-1-0, 1 NC
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21
- Anthony Johnson
- "Rumble" | 23-6-0
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22
- Demetrious Johnson
- "Mighty Mouse" | 25-4-1
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23
- Alex Pereira
- "Poatan" | 10-2-0
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24
- Robbie Lawler
- "Ruthless" | 30-16-0, 1 NC
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25
- Yair Rodriguez
- "El Pantera" | 18-5-0, 1 NC
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26
- Nick Diaz
- 26-10-0, 2 NC
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27
- Mark Hunt
- "Super Samoan" | 13-14-1, 1 NC
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28
- Stipe Miocic
- 20-4-0
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29
- Dominick Cruz
- "The Dominator" | 24-4-0
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30
- Justin Gaethje
- "The Highlight" | 25-5-0
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31
- Wanderlei Silva
- "The Axe Murderer" | 35-14-1, 1 NC
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32
- Vitor Belfort
- "The Phenom" | 26-14-0, 1 NC
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33
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor" | 40-7-0, 1 NC
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34
- Alexander Volkanovski
- "The Great" | 26-4-0
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35
- Alistair Overeem
- "The Demolition Man" | 47-19-0, 1 NC
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36
- Chuck Liddell
- "The Iceman" | 21-9-0
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37
- Valentina Shevchenko
- "Bullet" | 23-4-1
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38
- Abner Cueva
- "Brolyn" | 5-6-0
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39
- Pedro Rizzo
- "The Rock" | 20-11-0
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40
- Shane Carwin
- "The Engineer" | 12-2-0
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41
- Eddie Alvarez
- "The Underground King" | 30-8-0, 2 NC
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42
- Maurice Smith
- "Mo" | 14-17-0