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Teška:

1. Sergej Kharitonov (DREAM)
2. Kenny Garner (M-1 Global Champion)
3. Aleksander Volkov (Bellator Champion)
4. Damian Grabowski (Bellator)
5. Magomed Malikov (M-1 Global)
6. Jeff Monson (M-1 Global)
7. Richard Hale (Bellator)
8. Thiago Santos (Bellator)
9. Andrei Arlovski (WSOF)
10. Šamil Abdurahimov (ADFC)

Poluteška:

1. Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal (Bellator)
2. Jan Blachowicz (KSW Champion)
3. Attila Vegh (Bellator)
4. Travis Wiuff (Bellator)
5. Christian M’Pumbu (Bellator Champion)
6. Yoshiyuki Nakanishi (DEEP Champion)
7. Anthony Johnson (WSOF)
8. Mihail Zajats (Bellator)
9. Renato "Babalu" Sobral (Bellator)
10. Raphael Davis (Bellator)

Srednja:

1. Aleksander Šlemenko (Bellator)
2. Mamed Khalidov (KSW)
3. Magomed Sultanahmedov (M-1 Global)
4. Antonio Neto (AFC)
5. Maiquel Falcao (Bellator)
6. Michal Materla (KSW Champion)
7. Vjačeslav Vasiljevski (Bellator)
8. Ramazan Emejev (M-1 Global Champion)
9. Mario Miranda (M-1 Global)
10. Arthur Guseinov (M-1 Global)

Velter:

1. Ben Askren (Bellator Champion)
2. Rašid Magomedov (M-1 Global Champion)
3. Douglas Lima (Bellator)
4. Yasubey Enomoto (M-1 Global)
5. Paul Daley (Bellator)
6. Keita "K-Taro" Nakamura (Legend FC)
7. Šamil Zavurov (Bellator)
8. Akihiro Murayama (Pancrase)
9. Takenori Sato (Pancrase Champion)
10. Andrej Koreškov (Bellator)

Laka:

1. Michael Chandler (Bellator Champion)
2. Eddie Alvarez (Bellator)
3. Shinya Aoki (ONE FC)
4. Musa Hamanajev (M-1 Global Champion)
5. Koutetsu Boku (ONE FC Champion)
6. Rick Hawn (Bellator)
7. Daniel Weichel (M-1 Global)
8. Antonio McKee (DREAM)
9. Will Brooks (Bellator)
10. Naoyuki Kotani (ZST Champion)

Pero:

1. Pat Curran (Bellator Champion)
2. Georgi Karakhanyan (DREAM)
3. Hiroyuki Takaya (DREAM)
4. Tatsuya Kawajiri (DREAM)
5. Patricio Freire (Bellator)
6. Joe Warren (Bellator)
7. Daniel Straus (Bellator)
8. Kazunori Yokota (DEEP Champion)
9. Marlon Sandro (Bellator)
10. Honorio Banario (ONE FC Champion)

Bantam:

1. Bibiano Fernandes (ONE FC)
2. Tyson Nam (WSOF)
3. Eduardo Dantas (Bellator Champion)
4. Marcos Galvao (Bellator)
5. Soo Chul Kim (ONE FC Champion)
6. Masakatsu Ueda (ONE FC)
7. Anthony Leone (Bellator)
8. Zach Makovsky (Free Agent)
9. Luis Alberto Nogueira (Bellator)
10. Marlon Moraes (WSOF)

Muha:

1. Darrell Montague (Free Agent)
2. Mikihito Yamagami (Shooto Strawweight Champion)
3. Mitsuhisa Sunabe (Pancrase Junior Flyweight Champion)
4. Mamoru Yamaguchi (Shooto)
5. Junji Ito (Shooto)
6. Shinichi "BJ" Kojima (Shooto)
7. Yuki Shojo (Shooto)
8. Ryuichi Miki (Shooto)
9. Haruo Ochi (Shooto)
10. Kiyotaka Shimizu (Pancrase Super Flyweight Champion)

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