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Written by Brad Taschuk
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Thursday, 22 October 2009 16:22 |
 Our rankings are contributed, discussed, and determined by a committee composed of our writers and knowledgable community members, ensuring that they accurately reflect our consensus views of divisional fighter standings. These are our UFC rankings as of April 4th, 2010.
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Rank
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Fighter
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Movement
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Consecutive Months in Top 15
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HW
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1
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Brock Lesnar
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11
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2
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Cain Velasquez
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11
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3
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Shane Carwin
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11
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4
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Junior dos Santos
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11
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5
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Frank Mir
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11
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6
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Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
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11
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7
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Cheick Kongo
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11
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8
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Gabriel Gonzaga
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11
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9
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Roy Nelson
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2
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10
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Mirko Filipovic
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8
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11
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Stefan Struve
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6
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12
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Todd Duffee
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6
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13
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Ben Rothwell
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5
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14
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Pat Barry
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5
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15
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Mike Russow
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7
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LHW
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1
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Lyoto Machida
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11
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2
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Mauricio Rua
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11
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3
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Rashad Evans
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11
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4
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Quinton Jackson
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11
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5
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Anderson Silva
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8
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6
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Antonio Rogerio Nogueira
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5
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7
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Forrest Griffin
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11
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8
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Jon Jones
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7
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9
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Thiago Silva
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11
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10
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Luis Cane
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11
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11
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Ryan Bader
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2
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12
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Randy Couture
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4
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13
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Rich Franklin
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9
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14
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Brandon Vera
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7
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15
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Vladimir Matyushenko
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MW
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1
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Anderson Silva
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11
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2
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Chael Sonnen
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9
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3
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Nate Marquardt
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11
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4
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Vitor Belfort
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8
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5
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Demian Maia
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11
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6
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Yoshihiro Akiyama
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11
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7
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Yushin Okami
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11
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8
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Wanderlei Silva
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2
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9
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Michael Bisping
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11
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10
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Alan Belcher
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7
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11
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Rousimar Palhares
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3
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12
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Dan Miller
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4
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13
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Nate Quarry
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7
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14
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Aaron Simpson
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3
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15
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Patrick Cote
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11
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WW
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1
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Georges St. Pierre
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11
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2
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Jon Fitch
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11
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3
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Thiago Alves
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11
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4
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Josh Koscheck
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11
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5
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Paul Daley
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6
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6
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Paulo Thiago
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2
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7
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Dan Hardy
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7
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8
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Martin Kampmann
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11
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9
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Carlos Condit
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11
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10
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Mike Swick
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11
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11
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Matt Hughes
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11
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12
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Anthony Johnson
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4
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13
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Dustin Hazelett
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11
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14
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Matt Serra
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2
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15
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Ben Saunders
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4
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LW
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1
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B.J. Penn
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11
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2
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Gray Maynard
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11
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3
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Kenny Florian
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11
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4
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Frankie Edgar
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11
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5
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Tyson Griffin
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11
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6
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Sean Sherk
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11
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7
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George Sotiropoulos
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2
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8
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Diego Sanchez
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11
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9
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Jim Miller
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7
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Kurt Pellegrino
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7
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11
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Joe Stevenson
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11
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12
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Clay Guida
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11
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13
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Nate Diaz
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7
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14
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Spencer Fisher
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8
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15
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Gleison Tibau
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3
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