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July 29, 2009 Fightmania MMA Rankings- Heavyweights: As a new feature here at Fightmania.com, there will be Top 10 rankings for seven divisions in mixed martial arts: heavyweight, light heavyweight, middleweight, welterweight, lightweight, featherweight and bantamweight.  This will be the first part of the [+] July 29, 2009 WEC to offer live streaming: WEC Vice President Peter Dropick has confirmed that they will introduce live streaming for fans outside of North America, starting with WEC 42 on Aug. 9. Dropick said that future WEC event will be available on WEC.tv [+] July 29, 2009 UFC get 20 Affliction fighters: The UFC has picked up around 20 contracts from the Affliction MMA organisation, that collapsed earlier this month. A source who is working for a company that is  leading sponsor of UFC fighters told Fithers Only Magazine [+] July 29, 2009 ESPN set to agree UFC TV deal: American TV giant, ESPN, are set to clinch a deal with the UFC to screen fight cards in the UK, according to The Sun. ESPN will broadcast UFC’s biggest events, including the upcoming UFC 101 next month. [+] July 28, 2009 MMA Musings- Fedor, Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg, UFC 101: This summer has definitely held up to its promise as a newsworthy season of MMA events and happenings.  Unfortunately, not all of that news has been good news, as we saw in the last week with the [+] July 28, 2009 Shogun does not deserve his title shot with Anderson Silva: UFC star Anderson Silva claims Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua does not deserve his title shot. Silva does not believe Shogun has fought enough ‘to deserve the belt’. “I’m not saying Shogun is not prepared but how long did [+] July 28, 2009 Boetsch could have future with Strikeforce: Former UFC light heavyweight Tim Boetsch has talked about a possible return to the UFC or a future with Strikeforce. Boetsch (8-3) was cut by the UFC after UFC 96 in March, but is open for a [+] July 28, 2009 Mousasi-Sobral moved to Strikeforce: The fight between Gegard Mosuasi and Renato “Babalu” Sobral, that was set to take place at the cancelled Affliction Trilogy event, has now been added to the August 15 Strikeforce card. Babalu’s Strikeforce light heavyweight title will [+] July 28, 2009 Does Vitor Belfort Have Enough Left To Make a Splash in the UFC?: By now, it is basically a foregone conclusion that Vitor Belfort, who has had success in the UFC in both the heavyweight and light heavyweight divisions, will return to the promotion that jump-started his career.  This time, [+] July 27, 2009 Fightmania Mailbag: Dead Promotions, Upsets, and Penn-Florian: It’s been awhile since we’ve done a Fightmania mailbag, and it is long overdue.  With everything that has happened in July, there are plenty of e-mails to choose from and you guys have definitely made your voices [+]