All 11 fighters who underwent drug testing following their performances at WEC 50 tested clean for drugs of abuse and performance-enhancing drugs.

Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer today confirmed the results in an email to MMAjunkie.com.

The fighters tested at the event included main-event competitors Dominick Cruz and Joseph Benavidez, as well as WEC 50 winners Anthony Pettis, Chad Mendes, Scott Jorgensen, Bart Palaszewski, Maciej Jewtuszko, Javier Vazquez, Fredson Paixao, Danny Castillo and Ricardo Lamas.

This month's WEC 50 event officially drew an attendance of 1,861 and a live gate of $275,340.

Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer today emailed the official tallies to MMAjunkie.com.

WEC 50 took place Aug. 18 at The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, and a bantamweight title fight between champ Dominick Cruz and Joseph Benavidez headlined the Versus-televised main card.

The California State Athletic Commission issued medical suspensions to nine fighters from this past weekend's UFC on Versus 2 event, though few sustained serious injuries.

MMAjunkie.com recently requested and today received the list of medical suspensions from the CSAC.

UFC on Versus 2 took place this past Sunday, Aug. 1, at the San Diego Sports Arena in California and aired live on Versus.

As the South Carolina Athletic Commission conducts an inquiry into the
death of MMA fighter Michael Kirkham, the trainer of his opponent is
attempting to raise money for the fallen fighter and his family.

Mark Greubel, who trained and cornered Carlos Iraburo for the fight this
past Saturday that took Kirkham's life, has helped arrange donation
methods to cover funeral costs and a trust fund for Kirkham's five
children.

Donations can be dropped off in person at several locations or can be
made online. (MMAjunkie.com originally published this story on July 2.)

On Friday we carried a story originated by TheGarv.com involving MFC president Mark Pavelich and a request to suspend his promotion for fees owed.

Just to recap, the Association of Boxing Commissions received a request from the River Cree commission for “non-payment of fees owing to the commission.”

Pavelich spoke to TheGarv.com and clarified the situation, which appears to be nothing more than the MFC’s old venue, the River Cree Resort & Casino near Edmonton, Canada, breaking their own contract by charging an increased fee for the last MFC event held in their facility.

Pavelich indicated that the change to a higher rate was brought up quite informally before the event, and he immediately expressed his reluctance, and no further discussion or resolution took place. After the event, which was the final show on their exclusive contract, Pavelich explained that MFC paid the commission the original price within a month. Pavelich said the commission then contacted him with the claim that they had not received any check, so he mailed a second, and says he has all the accounting documentation to prove it.

Pavelich also relayed that the “non-payment of fees” that spawned the request for his suspension consists of the additional funds that were conspicuously and non-mutually added, plus a late fee for the alleged absence of the first check, which he has proof was mailed on time.

Looks like the Maximum Fighting Championship was in no danger of canceling events, which is good news for Canadian fans as they’ll get to enjoy more shows in the future.

It would appear that Maximum Fighting Championship president Mark Pavelich is behind on some fees owed to the River Cree Resort & Casino located near the city of Edmonton, Canada according to TheGarv.com.

Pavelich has reportedly been suspended by the Association of Boxing Commissions for “non-payment of fees owing to the commission” which will be lifted once he pays up.

The Garv.com was tipped off today that a member of Canada’s athletic commission filed a request to to the head of the Association of Boxing Commissions (ABC) to officially suspend Mark Pavelich, president and promoter of Maximum Fighting Championship (MFC) for “non-payment of fees owing to the commission”.

6/17/10: It looks like the fees owed by Pavelich and MFC stem back to an event in February, and more than one attempt was made to arrange payment with no response from MFC. From what I understand, the suspension is officially in place, but will be lifted if Pavelich settles up. He’s expected to do so in the next few days.

The MMA News has interviewed the MFC president in the past, and is known for some of his colorful comments on the UG forums. Hopefully this won’t effect some of his promotions upcoming events such as the HeatXC show next month and the next MFC show in the fall, which he’s looking to hold in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada for anyone living in that area. That event should showcase an MFC middleweight title bout featuring BJJ specialist Thales Leites.

LAS VEGAS - This past week, the Nevada State Athletic Commission invited
a panel of experts to speak at the commission's monthly meeting in an
effort to gain a better understanding of what can and should be done to
prevent athletes from gaining an unfair advantage through the use of
performance-enhancing drugs.

While the range of opinions varied widely in some aspects, almost
everyone agreed on one thing.

The NSAC (and consequently, commissions around the nation) needs to do a
better job.

UFC lightweight Nate Diaz likely will pay a $7,500 fine he expects the Tennessee Athletic Commission to hand down so he can avoid any possible hiccups to a scheduled fight with Marcus Davis.

Diaz, 25, is believed to be one of five people targeted by the TAC for disciplinary action in the wake of a post-event brawl at the April 17 "Strikeforce: Nashville" event, though the commission currently will not confirm if he is part of the group.

"We just want to get this past us, and probably we'll pay the fine and move on," Cesar Gracie, Diaz's manager, today told MMAjunkie.com.

The Tennessee Athletic Commission is considering disciplinary action - including fines and suspensions - for five individuals following a post-event brawl at the April 17 "Strikeforce: Nashville" event at Bridgestone Arena.

Christopher Garrett, director of communications for the state of Tennessee, today confirmed with MMAjunkie.com that the TAC determined five individuals engaged in "conduct that is detrimental to a professional contest of unarmed combat."

The state will not release the identities of the individuals until administrative actions are finalized.

Steve Cantwell is back in business.

The Nevada State Athletic Commission on Thursday issued Cantwell a new fight license almost six months after commission officials denied him a spot on the injury-plagued UFC 108 fight card.

Cantwell was four days away from a fight with Vladimir Matyushenko on the Jan. 2 fight card when the NSAC took issue with his medical paperwork and declined to issue him a license.