NBCSports.com reports last week, Ken Shamrock made waves and raised a few eyebrows when he told NBCSports.com that he was eyeing a return to the octagon.

Dana White, however, has other ideas, as the UFC President stated today that the 43-year-old legend had his contract terminated with one fight left on it, meaning he will no longer fight for the organization.

"I like Ken Shamrock," White said in a conference call. "If I saw him tomorrow, I’d say hello to him and see how his family is and everything else. He needs to think about retiring."

Shamrock has lost six of his last seven MMA fights, including three in a row in the UFC. His only win came against fellow 40-something Kimo Leopoldo.

"He has lost every fight he’s had in UFC except for one," White said. "He’s just not at that level anymore as a UFC fighter.

"He lost to Tito Ortiz three times," White continued. "He lost to Rich Franklin, who’s a 185-pounder. Before we picked him up from PRIDE, he’d lost like six fights in a row in PRIDE. (In actuality, Shamrock lost three of four PRIDE fights.)

In other news, White said that the company was hoping to have Chuck Liddell back in the octagon in November, though his opponent is still not yet known. White at one time had alluded to a possible fight with Wanderlai Silva, but said now that it was no longer a certainty.

In regards to the PRIDE sale, he acknowledged that the company is in a bit of disarray, and that bringing fighters over to the UFC is a way to keep them active while the future of PRIDE is decided.

"They went out of business for a reason," he said. "Because that company’s a mess. We’re trying to figure it out and fix it. We’ve got a lot going on with the UFC. We opened an office in the UK and other things going on, we have a lot going on and these things take time. It’s a lot more complicated and messed-up than we thought it was. PRIDE is a very powerful brand and I honestly don’t know what is going to happen. We bought it with the intention of running it but it’s a seriously messed-up company, so we’re trying to figure it out.

Finally, despite a recent report in Variety which stated the UFC-HBO deal was likely not going to happen, White insisted it’s "far from dead."

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NBCSports.com reports last week, Ken Shamrock made waves and raised a few eyebrows when he told NBCSports.com that he was eyeing a return to the octagon.

Dana White, however, has other ideas, as the UFC President stated today that the 43-year-old legend had his contract terminated with one fight left on it, meaning he will no longer fight for the organization.

"I like Ken Shamrock," White said in a conference call. "If I saw him tomorrow, I’d say hello to him and see how his family is and everything else. He needs to think about retiring."

Shamrock has lost six of his last seven MMA fights, including three in a row in the UFC. His only win came against fellow 40-something Kimo Leopoldo.

"He has lost every fight he’s had in UFC except for one," White said. "He’s just not at that level anymore as a UFC fighter.

"He lost to Tito Ortiz three times," White continued. "He lost to Rich Franklin, who’s a 185-pounder. Before we picked him up from PRIDE, he’d lost like six fights in a row in PRIDE. (In actuality, Shamrock lost three of four PRIDE fights.)

In other news, White said that the company was hoping to have Chuck Liddell back in the octagon in November, though his opponent is still not yet known. White at one time had alluded to a possible fight with Wanderlai Silva, but said now that it was no longer a certainty.

In regards to the PRIDE sale, he acknowledged that the company is in a bit of disarray, and that bringing fighters over to the UFC is a way to keep them active while the future of PRIDE is decided.

"They went out of business for a reason," he said. "Because that company’s a mess. We’re trying to figure it out and fix it. We’ve got a lot going on with the UFC. We opened an office in the UK and other things going on, we have a lot going on and these things take time. It’s a lot more complicated and messed-up than we thought it was. PRIDE is a very powerful brand and I honestly don’t know what is going to happen. We bought it with the intention of running it but it’s a seriously messed-up company, so we’re trying to figure it out.

Finally, despite a recent report in Variety which stated the UFC-HBO deal was likely not going to happen, White insisted it’s "far from dead."

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