LAS VEGAS -- Mike Tyson escaped punishment from Nevada boxing authorities Friday and will receive his $8.7 million purse from his abbreviated bout with Orlin Norris.

Tyson did not escape, however, without some harsh words. One member of the Nevada State Athletic Commission suggested he fight elsewhere.

"I'm not so sure we need him in the state of Nevada any longer," commissioner Lorenzo Fertitta said.

Tyson's promoter told the commission the former heavyweight champion was already making plans to fight in another location. Tyson is tentatively scheduled to fight Feb. 26 in New York City, and his handlers are trying to arrange a fight in England or Germany.

"We were looking to take Mike out of the state of Nevada and go other places, including out of the country," promoter Dan Goossen said. "Those plans are still on the table."

Tyson did not attend the 30-minute hearing at which the commission upheld referee Richard Steele's action, deducting two points from Tyson as the sole punishment for hitting Norris after the bell at the end of the first round of Saturday's fight.

Norris fell, dislocated his knee and was unable to continue.

Commissioners could have fined Tyson or they could have changed the decision from a no contest to a disqualification.

"Unfortunately on occasion boxers get hit after the bell," Tyson manager Shelly Finkel said later. "Mike is pleased to put this ordeal behind him."

Commission chairman Dr. Elias Ghanem warned Tyson's representatives that he will face a tough time getting licensed again when his Nevada boxing license expires at the end of the year.

Ghanem said the commission was worried about Tyson's actions both against Norris and in January when he twisted Francois Botha's arm at the end of the first round of their fight.

"We're going to watch him closely," Ghanem said. "But I don't think he'll ask to fight here for a while."

Steele's ruling in the ring that the left hook that dropped Norris after the bell sounded was not deliberate was the key factor in Tyson avoiding any penalties for the late blow, which ended the fight when Norris dislocated his knee on the way down to the canvas.

"He made the call right there, and the call was appropriate," commissioner Glen Carano said.

In contrast to the long hearings a year ago that won Tyson his license back after being banned by Nevada authorities from boxing for biting Evander Holyfield's ears, Friday's lasted only a half hour.

Commissioners voted 4-0 to give Tyson back the $8.7 million purse that was withheld when the fight ended in confusion after Norris could not go on. Norris got his $201,000 purse the night of the fight.

Still, commissioners voiced frustration that a Tyson issue was before them again, and questioned whether he could behave himself in the ring.

Tyson's attorney, Jim Jimmerson, assured them he could.

"It was the heat of the moment, the intensity of the moment," Jimmerson said.

Jimmerson also noted that no other fighters had been disciplined for hitting after the bell.

Tyson was not required to attend Friday's commission hearing.

He said after the fight that he did not hear the bell, even though it rang five times as Steele moved in to try and separate the fighters in the middle of the ring.

Commissioners said there was no dispute that Tyson hit Norris after the bell, but he noted that hitting after the bell is relatively common in fights. Felix Trinidad did the same thing to Oscar De La Hoya twice in the middle rounds of their welterweight title fight last month, and was not penalized.

An MRI showed Norris' knee was dislocated, and doctors said Norris may need surgery.