The Nevada State Athletic Commission has informed FightTicker.com that the following nine WEC 37 fighters were tested for drugs/steroids:

Miguel Torres, Manny Tapia, Shane Roller, Cub Swanson, Bart Palaszewski, Johny Hendricks, Joseph Benavidez, Brian Bowles and Wagnney Fabiano

There were a total of 20 fighters on the December 3 card. The results of these tests are still pending.

Finally a word from Chuck Liddell regarding the rumors that he and Randy Couture will fight for a fourth time.

From MMAMania.com:

“The rumor that me and Randy are fighting in June … no one said a word to me. And I don’t want to wait until June to fight. So we’ll see what happens. We’ll have to talk to Dana [White] about that and see what the plans are. But I haven’t heard anything about it. I don’t know where it came from or who was talking about it. To me at this point it doesn’t make sense.”

Liddell is right. It seems that no one wants this fight to happen. It's like this past summer's movie Tropic Thunder, where in the beginning Ben Stiller's character made six Scorcher movies. There is no point to it, other than making a bunch of money.

Both of these fighters are at the end of their fighting careers, with Randy already retiring and/or resigning two times. I can hear Dana White now, "This is the biggest match-up ever, again. These two fighters will lay it all on the line....again!" Throw in a few expletives and Dana will continue, "You thought this was over, wait until you see the same two fighters going at it...again!!!"

Thank goodness the managers of both Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell also don't want this fight happening. Again.

Manny Tapia is complaining that his fight against WEC's bantamweight champion Miguel Torres was stopped prematurely.

What I saw was Tapia getting rocked really good once, getting back up, then getting knocked out and pounded on for a good while before the referee intervened. Tapia can join a list of sore losers that includes Houston Alexander after his knockout loss to James "The Sandman" Irvin earlier this year.

There is no way any referee would have let last night's fight continue with Miguel inflicting as much damage as he did without resistance from Manny.

From MMAJunkie.com:

All of the night's winning fighters earned 50 percent of their pay to "show" and an additional 50 percent as "win bonuses." For example, Torres earned a guaranteed $22,000 for the fight plus an additional $22,000 for his victory.

Not too bad. There were honors bonuses handed out to Brian Bowles for submission of the night, Bart Palaszewski for KO of the night and Cub Swanson and Hiroyuki Takaya for fight of the night. Each of those bonuses was $7,500.

From Diego Sanchez's MySpace page:

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

So my account got hacked and it took a while to get it fixed, but I'm back. I'm training hard and will be dropping down to fight at 155. I will keep you all posted on the info of the fight! But I promise you all that I will do my best to win.

I thought Sanchez looked outstanding against Fiorovanti and showed much improved stand-up. His cardio has always been awesome, he has great subs and his motor runs at full speed at all times. But, when he fought Fitch, Diego was clearly the smaller fighter and guys like Alves & GSP would make him look like a midget.

First fight at 155 I would like to see is a rematch with Florian. There are endless other possibilites for him at 155 such as match-ups against Stevenson, Edgar, Maynard, BJ Penn and Tyson Griffin.

I was going to write a blog about last night's episode but after watching the dirtbag, low-life jack-ass get his due I thought to myself, "Take your time and write something positive about the show. Write about how awesome Phillipe Nover is or how gratifying that victory was for Efrain."

After all, why waste anymore time or space on someone who is so inconsequential? Then I came on here and read the commentary by MMAcademics and that reaffirmed my decision. Everything that needed to be said was said right there. I still cannot believe what a hypocrite Dana White is. Don't get me wrong -- the sight of Junie Browning tapping out like a baby is something I will always appreciate but he should have never been given this opportunity.

By Bryan Levick, FightTicker.com blogger

My busy MMA weekend included an interview with the new WEC featherweight champion Mike Brown, who I think you will find to be very candid, forthright and blue collar. He's the guy next door who works hard and appreciates everything.

From a press release in my inbox:

NEW YORK, December 3, 2008 – World Cagefighting Alliance (www.WCAfights.com) has formed a Mixed Martial Arts Organization that will establish their fight promotions on the east coast. Their first event called “Pure Combat” will be premiering in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Friday, February 6, 2009 at the Boardwalk Hall Ballroom. Tickets on sale now, priced at $100, $75, $60 and $50. Cageside seats are available at $150. Tickets can be purchased at the Box Office, all Ticketmaster locations, at ticketmaster.com or by calling 800-736-1420. More information on fighters, tickets and a seating chart can be found at out www.WCAfights.com. The first fight begins at 7:30 PM.

The World Cagefighting Alliance, “Pure Combat” event will feature some of the best East Coast rising talent in the sport. The Co-Main Event fight will feature a New Jersey Flavor pitting Welterweights Rich Ashkar (Team Oliveira) fighting out of Redbank, NJ against USKBA Champ Tom Gallicchio (Team Pellegrino) out of Toms River, NJ. Included in other match-ups will be Vineland, NJ standouts and former Cage Fury Lightweight champ, Al Buck (Team Evolution) taking on Jose Rodriquez (Rhino Fight Team) out of Keansburg, NJ. Other Welterweight bouts include; Doug Gordon (Team Rush) from Maryland will go against Mike Medrano (Rhino Fight Team) from New Jersey and Brian Demuro (Team Balance) out of New Jersey will fight Cortland, NY’s Eric Henry (Bombsquad MMA). Featherweights Doug Solnier (Fight Firm / Fight Unit) fighting out of Philadelphia, PA. will fight Steve D’Angellis (Bombsquad MMA) out of Tom’s River, NJ.

From a press release in my inbox:

WHAT: The largest martial arts event in the world - FiELDS K-1 WGP 2008 Final taking place at the Yokohama Arena in Tokyo Japan - will be broadcast live on HDNet to MMA fans in North America.

Joining the broadcast team of Michael "The Voice" Schiavello, four time K-1 WGP Champion Ernesto Hoost and FEG USA's Mike Kogan will be none other than Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson. Kimbo was invited by FEG and HDNet to be a guest commentator for K-1's US début.

FiELDS K-1 WGP 2008 Final, an 8-man knockout tournament for the coveted K-1 Grand Prix crown, features the world's best heavyweight strikers including Moroccan/Dutch Bad Boy Badr Hari; legendary triple K-1 World Champion Peter Aerts; French monster Jerome LeBanner; Russian wonder Ruslan Karaev; and two-time former champion Remy Bonjasky.

By David T. Mayeda, PhD, FightTicker.com Social Issues Contributor

So I broke down tonight and watched The Ultimate Fighter (TUF). All season I’ve been boycotting the show, at most watching a few of the fights at the end of one or two episodes. But after watching Miguel Torres dismantle Manny Tapia, I was in an MMA mood and must admit was seduced by the preview I saw of Junie Browning throwing a glass at another fighter. The hype machine got me.