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 Introduction Alex "Cowboy" Oliveira is a former UFC welterweight and lightweight contender (2015 to 2022) and one of the most-watched Brazilian regional MMA athletes of the late 2010s. The Três Rios, Rio de Janeiro native — former rodeo bull rider, construction worker, and Muay Thai practitioner — competed in 22 UFC fights across his seven-year UFC tenure, peaking as a top-15-ranked welterweight in 2017-2018 with multiple Performance of the Night and Fight of the Night bonuses. His career has b

 Introduction Zubaira "Warrior" Tukhugov is a Russian-Chechen mixed martial artist, former UFC featherweight contender (2014 to 2023), and a key member of Khabib Nurmagomedov's Eagles MMA team. The Grozny-born combat sambo specialist — Russian National Combat Sambo Champion at 68 kg and Master of Sports in hand-to-hand combat — competed in 9 UFC fights across his nine-year UFC tenure, going 5-3-1 with championship-pace wrestling-and-grappling-driven performances. His career has been marked by mu

Jorge "Gamebred" Masvidal is the inaugural UFC "BMF" (Baddest Motherfucker) Champion (November 2019), a two-time UFC Welterweight Title Challenger, and the holder…

Tom Aspinall is the undisputed UFC Heavyweight Champion (since June 21, 2025) and one of the most-feared finishers in modern UFC history.

Ilia "El Matador" Topuria is the reigning UFC Lightweight Champion (since June 28, 2025), former UFC Featherweight Champion (February 2024 to early 2025), and the…

 Introduction Merab "The Machine" Dvalishvili is a former UFC Bantamweight Champion (September 2024 to December 2025) and the most accomplished Georgian MMA athlete in the UFC. The Tbilisi-born wrestler-grappler — Serra-Longo Fight Team training partner of Aljamain Sterling and Chris Weidman — won the UFC Bantamweight Championship at UFC 306 in September 2024 over Sean O'Malley and defended the title three times across 2025 before losing it to Petr Yan at UFC 323 in December 2025. His 14-fight U

Eddie "The Underground King" Alvarez is a former UFC Lightweight Champion (2016), two-time Bellator Lightweight Champion (2009-2010, 2012-2014), and the first…

 Introduction Patricio "Pitbull" Freire is a three-time Bellator Featherweight Champion, the 2019-2021 Bellator Lightweight Champion, and the most accomplished Bellator featherweight in the promotion's history. The Mossoró, Rio Grande do Norte native — Pitbull Brothers training facility co-founder alongside his older brother Patricky — won the 2019 Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix and held two Bellator championships simultaneously across the late 2010s. He signed with the UFC in February

 Introduction Ben "Funky" Askren is a former Bellator Welterweight Champion (2010-2013, four successful title defenses), former ONE Welterweight Champion (2014-2017, six successful title defenses), and 2008 Olympic freestyle wrestler for the USA — widely considered one of the most accomplished pure-wrestler MMA champions of the 2010s. The Cedar Rapids, Iowa native — two-time NCAA Division I National Wrestling Champion at Missouri (2006, 2007) and Hodge Trophy winner — finished his MMA career wit

 Introduction Ken "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Shamrock is the first UFC Superfight Champion (1995), an inaugural UFC Hall of Fame inductee (Class of 2003 alongside Royce Gracie), and one of the most foundational figures of pre-2000 mixed martial arts. The California-raised submission grappler — founder of the foundational Lion's Den training camp in Lodi — competed in Pancrase, the UFC, PRIDE FC, WFA, and Bellator across his 23-year MMA career and was named "The World's Most Dangerous Man"

 Introduction Mark "The Hammer" Coleman is the first UFC Heavyweight Champion in promotion history, the 2000 PRIDE Heavyweight Grand Prix winner, and a 2008 UFC Hall of Fame Pioneer Wing inductee — widely known as "The Godfather of Ground and Pound" for originating and popularizing the technique that bears the name. The Fremont, Ohio native — 1988 NCAA Division I wrestling champion at Ohio State and 1992 Barcelona Olympics freestyle wrestler for the USA — won back-to-back UFC Heavyweight Tournam

 Introduction Kevin "The Monster" Randleman is the fifth UFC Heavyweight Champion in promotion history, a two-time NCAA Division I National Wrestling Champion at Ohio State University, and a posthumous UFC Hall of Fame Pioneer Wing inductee (Class of 2020 — the first posthumous inductee in UFC HOF history). The Sandusky, Ohio native — Mark Coleman's Hammer House protégé and Ohio State Wrestler of the 20th Century — won the UFC Heavyweight Championship at UFC 23 in November 1999 and went on to co