- In sad news, the IFL's Jeremy Williams passed away this past weekend.  The middleweight fighter for the Southern California Condors, Williams died of unknown causes at age 27.

- Melvin Guillard was suspended 8 months by the Nevada State Athletic Commission and fined $2,100 for testing positive for a cocaine metabolite after his April 5 UFC Fight Night loss to Joe Stevenson.  Guillard has admitted to trying cocaine before the fight.  Check out Ivan Trembow's full article on MMA Weekly, where he broke the news.

- Has boxing's demise been greatly exaggerated in the press?  Very possibly, especially if you read MMA Weekly's article on the gate receipts for last weekend's Mayweather-De La Hoya fight.  In fact, according to the article, the fight broke records for pay-per-view buys and gross revenue.  While the live gate receipts haven't been tabulated yet, those numbers are expected to break records as well.

- Regardless of the status of boxing, MMA is clearly gaining more and more mainstream acceptance.  Evidence: UFC light heavyweight Chuck Liddell is on the cover of this week's ESPN Magazine.  This is the first time an MMA fighter has been on the cover of that magazine.

- Locally, Washington, D.C., is holding its first-ever sanctioned professional MMA event on Saturday, May 12.  Click here to read MMAC Director Omar Olumee's thoughts on the event.

- Baltimore's Tenyah Dixon (Team Ground Control) travels to New Jersey Saturday to take on Aaron Miesner in a middleweight fight at Battle Cage Xtreme.