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#6 Junior Dos Santos didn't get any bump from beating #19 Roy Nelson at UFC 117. But he earned a title shot against the winner of #1 Brock Lesnar vs #4 Cain Velasquez at October's UFC 121.

Wow. What a historic month in MMA. We knew going in that it would be a big month given that the #1 and #2 heavyweights would both be fighting, but no one quite expected the way things turned out.

This is the calm before the storm. This weekend will see long reigning #1 Fedor Emelianenko face #9 Fabricio Werdum on Strikeforce; Fedor vs Werdum Showtime. Then the following weekend we'll see #2 Brock Lesnar face #3 Shane Carwin in a UFC heavyweight title unification bout at UFC 116 on July 3rd.

In less than a month we'll get to see the world's top two heavyweights -- #1 Fedor Emelianenko and #2 Brock Lesnar -- in action for the first time in 2010. Fedor will face #9 Fabricio Werdum at Strikeforce's June 26th event. Brock will face #3 Shane Carwin on July 3rd at UFC 116.

There's a certain unreality to the very top of the division these days with #1 Fedor Emelianenko skipping out on Strikeforce's second CBS show due to his management wanting....something.

With #1 Fedor Emelianenko's next fight date forever receding just beyond the horizon like a mirage in the desert, fans of top flight heavyweight action are turning increasingly to the UFC.

A complete collection of all the very best coverage of UFC 110.

The biggest news in the heavyweight division this month is definitely the eclipsing of #4 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira by #5 Cain Velasquez at UFC 110.