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White on Liddell?s future: ?He?s done?
By Dave Meltzer, Yahoo! Sports 5 hours, 24 minutes ago
MONTREAL ? When Chuck Liddell, the biggest star in Ultimate Fighting Championship history, left the Bell Centre cage on Saturday night, the reaction was no different than many of his greatest wins. He got a lengthy standing ovation from a sold-out arena.
But this time the ovation came after he was stopped in four minutes, 28 seconds by Mauricio ?Shogun? Rua in what his promoter, UFC president Dana White, insisted was the last match of his career.
?He can still sell out shows and he can still sell pay-per-views, but he?s done,? said White, who had said beforehand that Liddell would need not just a win, but an impressive win to continue his career. ?He helped build this company and he helped build this sport, but it?s done. Even Michael Jordan turned 40, and he was done.?
Liddell, who turns 40 at the end of this year, stopped short of outright announcing his retirement, either in his postmatch interview or later at the news conference.
Liddell said he would go home on Monday, talk with his friends and make a decision, but later hinted more strongly his career was over.
?It?s probably the end,? said Liddell, who has been with the UFC since 1998.
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