Floyd Mayweather Jr. Media Work Out Las Vegas Highlights

On the hands of Victor Ortiz’s media workout last week, Floyd Mayweather Jr. held a private media work out yesterday at his Las Vegas boxing gym where he went thru a two hour workout to show media and fans watching online alike the tremendous shape he is in. Our Fight Hub TV fight correspondent Michael Mardones braved near 100 degree heat and a gym that mimicked a furnace to film Mayweather work his magic in this high light video of the work out.

Dana White says negotiations with Alistair Overeem are ongoing, next fight could be in the octagon

UFC President, Dana White has reiterated that talks between the Las Vegas based promotion and Strikeforce heavyweight champion, Alistair Overeem are ongoing before adding the Dutchman’s next fight could come inside the octagon if everything comes together.

Speaking at the UFC 134 post-fight press conference, Dana said:

“We’re talking. You guys know how that whole thing went down. Golden Glory was in this position where we couldn’t do business, and they changed their position, which I respect. Now we can do business.”

“We’re never going to be in a situation where we pay managers and not fighters. We pay fighters. Fighters pay managers. We’re never going to be in that situation, no matter who the guy is.”

“Look how many guys from team Black House fight in the UFC. If tomorrow, they said, ‘Hey, listen – you’ve got to pay us and not the fighters,’ we’re going to be in the same situation. It’s not going to happen.”

Overeem spoke just a couple of weeks ago and indicated he would be more than happy to sign an exclusive deal with the UFC but he’d want a shot at the title in return and a lorry load of money. We’ve since found out that a potential fight with Brock Lesnar would also interest “The Reem”.

Floyd Mayweather vs. Ortiz in September

So fight fans the news broke Floyd Mayweather's Twitter that he will indeed be fighting WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz on Sept. 17.

Ever since, the announcement many have been weighing in on their opinion of this fight. I think all personal feelings aside, it is a decent matchup style-wise and Ortiz did win the WBC belt in an impressive fight of the year worthy performance against Berto.

Ortiz is going back to his vicious ways of fighting more and more aggressively with constant pressure which will play well into Floyd's master defense technical style where he will most likely easily counter all night causing himself to open up and throw more than usual.

Floyd must have bought a new luxury pimped out duster to dust the WBC belt that he plans on easily winning by a comfortable decision.

The real question of this fight is will Ortiz agree and be subjected to Mayweather's full random Olympic style testing?

Here is the actual Tweet verbatim from Floyd Mayweather on his Twitter: "My fans have been waiting long enough. Floyd Mayweather versus Victor Ortiz. Sept. 17, 2011 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, NV for the WBC World Championship."

Major RAW Tonight, Shane McMahon Update, SmackDown Action, DH Smith

Stan sent word that this past Friday’s WWE SmackDown on SyFy had 26 minutes and 38 seconds of in-ring action, down from the previous week.

- David Hart Smith will be appearing at the Pro Wrestling Syndicate event on August 20th in Ronkonkoma, New York. Smith will be signing autographs and wrestling in a four-way match with Necro Butcher, Dan Maff and Devon Moore. Also appearing that night will be Ted DiBiase Sr., Carlito, Amazing Red and Sonjay Dutt.

- Shane McMahon was among those in attendance on Thursday night in New York for a benefit art show to help raise funds for Aidanhasaposse.org, a charity helps 6-year old Aiden Seeger, who suffers from a brain disorder.

- Tonight’s WWE RAW will take place from the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, California with the fallout from SummerSlam. Hometown star Rey Mysterio is scheduled to get a WWE Title shot against new champion Alberto Del Rio.

UFC 133: Rashad Takes Out Tito; Belfort Surprises Akiyama

Saturday night’s UFC 133 was filled with much excitement and plenty of knockouts. The main event ended with Rashad Evans landing a ridiculous knee to Tito Ortiz’s chest, and then following up that powerful knee with a flurry of pushes before the ref was forced to end the bout. Tito’s Cinderella-story comeback did not end how he had hoped, but it is hard to criticize a guy who took the fight on two and a half week notice and still came out ready to brawl. If nothing else, Dana White recognized the hard work put in by both fighters, and awarded them “Fight of the Night” bonuses. The co-main event between MMA legend Vitor Belfort and Japanese sensation Yoshihiro Akiyama ended with a great TKO victory by Belfort as all fans saw signs of the young Vitor Belfort that he all grew up loving. Belfort stunned Akiyama early and was able to put him away at the 1:52 mark of the first round. His quick hands and relentless aggression gave Belfort the “Knockout of the Night” bonus that all fighters aspire to get.

There were a couple other great fights on the main card. Young British prospect, Rory Macdonald, once again proved why some are comparing this 22-year-old kid to Georges St. Pierre. Macdonald took out another veteran fighter with his TKO victory over Mike Pyle. Middleweight bout between Jorge Rivera and Costantinos Philippou was not the fast pace, exciting fight we had all hoped for, but this bout still featured great technique and skill as Philippou walked away with a split decision victory. That last main event fight was between Brian Ebersole and Dennis Hallman. Although these are relatively low profile MMA veterans, these two men put on quite the performance in their four-minute bout. Ebersole walks into the cage with a big arrow shaved into his chest hair pointing to his head, while Hallman comes out wearing what looks like a little blue speedo. These two engage early, and Ebersole ultimately comes out on top after unleashing a number of vicious elbows that put Hallman to sleep. Due to the fact that there were no submission victories, Dana White also awarded Ebersole a “Knockout of the Night” bonus.

UFC 133 may not have gone as planned, but the main card still featured four TKO victories which is unheard of. The fans in attendance were happy, the audience watching PPV at home were happy, and Dana White was happy as well. So in the end, UFC 133 didn’t end up too bad at all.

This is The Best Wrestling Takedown You Will See Today

This is Team USA wrestler Ellis Coleman performing one of the most innovative takedowns I’ve ever seen. Coleman went on to win the bronze in the 66 KG (145.5lbs) at Junior World Championships in Bucharest, Romania but made the most noise with this awesome takedown.

Movie to be based on fighter's life

On Wednesday, Eric Eisner announced that his Double E Pictures production company has optioned the life rights to former UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin. David Hollander, know for his work on “The Cleaner” and “The Guardian,” will write the script about Franklin’s career as a fighter.

“American Fighter” tells the unlikely story of how Franklin, a family man and high school math teacher, taught himself mixed martial arts, quickly emerged as one of the dominant figures in the sport, and ultimately became champion of the UFC. The movie also chronicles the rise of MMA as the fastest growing sport in the world and transformation into a billion-dollar industry.

“I’m excited to see the story of my career as a fighter brought to the screen, and I feel confident that the team assembled will do a great job in telling this story,” Franklin said.

Eisner will produce the film with Motion Theory’s Sean Sorensen. Mathew Cullen of Motion Theory will serve as the executive producer.

“I’m happy to be in business with Sean and Motion Theory, and look forward to working with David to capture the story of Rich’s remarkable life,” Eisner said. “This is a truly inspirational story that we are excited to tell.”

Franklin is currently sitting the sidelines after his UFC 133 bout against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira was canceled due to an injury to Little Nog.