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Weekly MMA News Report- 5/29/09: The last seven days have been a very busy period in mixed martial arts, with all kinds of news and rumors accompanying events from the UFC and Japan’s Dream promotion.  With UFC 98 and Dream 9 in [+] Fedor ready to fight Barnett: Russian heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko has agreed to fight Josh Barnett at Affliction 3. Reports suggest the fight will be taking place this August. Emelianenko confirmed in an interview with M-1Global.com that he has agreed to fight Barnett, [+] Five Fighters Zuffa Should Sign By Any Means Necessary: Five Fighters Zuffa Should Sign By Any Means Necessary There was a recent interview in which Gina Carano had some interesting things to say about her future, mentioning that she has been talking with Lorenzo Fertitta and [+] Fedor to fight Barnett in August: Fedor Emelianenko will fight Josh Barnett in August this year on a third Affliction mixed martial arts show, according to the Russian language website of M-1 Global. M-1 Global manages the Russian fighter and has a partnership [+] Affliction Should Focus on Fans, Not Feuds: In what is a pretty bold move, Affliction plans to counter-program against UFC 100 this summer with an MMA event on the very same night.  Of course, this means a number of things, not the least of [+] Surviving as a New Promotion in the MMA World: What Not to Do: The sport of mixed martial arts is coming back to premium cable channel Showtime as well as CBS, and that is definitely a good thing.  What remains to be seen, however, is whether Strikeforce can stay on [+]