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1
- Fedor Emelianenko
- "The Last Emperor"
- 40-7-0, 1 NC
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2
- Alistair Overeem
- "The Demolition Man"
- 47-19-0, 1 NC
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3
- Junior dos Santos
- "Cigano"
- 21-10-0
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4
- Randy Couture
- "The Natural"
- 19-11-0
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5
- Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
- "Minotauro"
- 34-10-1, 1 NC
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6
- Frank Mir
- 19-13-0
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7
- Ken Shamrock
- "The World's Most Dangerous Man"
- 28-17-3
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8
- Tim Sylvia
- "The Maine-iac"
- 31-10-0, 1 NC
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9
- Josh Barnett
- "The Warmaster"
- 35-8-0
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10
- Mark Coleman
- "The Hammer"
- 16-10-0
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11
- Bas Rutten
- "El Guapo" | 28-4-1
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12
- Brock Lesnar
- 5-3-0, 1 NC
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13
- Dan Severn
- "The Beast" | 101-19-7
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14
- Mirko Filipović
- "Cro Cop" | 38-11-2, 1 NC
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15
- Andrei Arlovski
- "The Pitbull" | 34-23-0, 2 NC
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16
- Cain Velasquez
- 14-3-0
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17
- Kevin Randleman
- "The Monster" | 17-16-0
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18
- Shane Carwin
- "The Engineer" | 12-2-0
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19
- Ricco Rodriguez
- "Suave" | 54-27-0, 1 NC
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20
- Daniel Cormier
- "DC" | 22-3-0, 1 NC
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21
- Maurice Smith
- "Mo" | 14-17-0
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22
- Don Frye
- "The Predator" | 20-9-1, 1 NC
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23
- Pedro Rizzo
- "The Rock" | 20-11-0
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24
- Mark Kerr
- "The Smashing Machine" | 15-11-0, 1 NC