UFC Hall-of-Famer Ken Shamrock announced yesterday on Fight Network Radio that his contract with the UFC has been terminated by Zuffa. You may remember a little while back when the FightNetwork.com reported that Ken Shamrock might be fighting Michael Bisping at UFC 75, even though TicketMaster.com was already promoting the event as featuring a fight between Bisping and Matt Hammill.
Well, Dana White and the UFC quickly dispelled that rumor and it appears now that Ken may never appear in the UFC again. Ken was reportedly released because of his status as coach of the Reno Lions in the International Fight League.
“He [White] doesn’t want competition, and then when I went over there [to the IFL], he got completely upset with me — which had nothing to do with the UFC — and tried to ban me from the UFC because of his personal conflicts with the IFL,” a heated Shamrock said.
“Dana White didn’t build this [UFC] organization,” said Shamrock. “Dana White is not God when it comes to this. Dana White is a promoter that took an event that was already created by Bob Meyrowitz and by Rorian Gracie. This guy did not create this. Therefore, he needs to stop playing God, trying to squash people who try to go out and do other adventures.”
Does Ken’s release “pave the way” for the much talked about fight with brother Frank Shamrock in Strikeforce?
[Source: TheFightNetwork.com]
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