Bloody Elbow · Mar 10, 2020
MMA is still ‘trash’ as far as Bob Arum is concerned
Photo by Alex Burstow/Getty ImagesDuring the UFC’s first major boom in popularity in the late 2000s, veteran boxing promoter Bob Arum made made it clear that he had nothing kind to say about the combat sport that was looking to rival his own on the American PPV market. At the time, he thought very little of mixed martial arts fighters and the fans who avidly showed their support.