Dana White goes off on Bob Arum over comments on Terence Crawford: 'You f—cking scumbag'

UFC president Dana White held nothing back when asked to react to Bob Arum’s recent comment on his fighter, three-division champion Terence Crawford.

Following Crawford’s successful defense of his WBO world welterweight title over Kell Brook this past weekend, the Hall of Fame promoter and Top Rank boss revealed that he had lost money promoting his athlete in the past three bouts and urged the American to sell himself more.

“He’s got to promote like [Teofimo] Lopez does. He’s got to promote like Shakur [Stevenson] does. Like [Floyd] Mayweather did. Like [Manny] Pacquiao did. If he doesn’t, then who the f-ck needs him,” Arum told The Athletic.

“He may be the greatest fighter in the world, but, hey, I ain’t going bankrupt promoting him. The question is, ‘Do we want to keep him?’ I could build a house in Beverly Hills on the money I’ve lost on him in the last three fights, a beautiful home,” he added.

“Nobody questions Crawford’s innate, tremendous ability. By beating a naturally bigger guy decisively, that’s a big statement that’s he’s making. The question is, ‘Does he pay the bills?’ You can have the greatest opera singer in the world. If the fans don’t support it, you’re out of business.”

Arum’s pronouncement drew the ire of White as he erupted in an expletive-filled press conference of Dana White’s Contender Series.

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“His problem isn’t to figure out how you make money. You f—king signed a deal with this kid. How many people we have on the roster, our roster is very inflated right now. We have a very big roster, the biggest roster we’ve ever had in the history of the company,” said White.

“I have to pay all these kids. How I pay them is not their f—king problem. It’s my f—king problem,” the UFC president noted.

“Imagine me saying ‘I got to pay Conor McGregor this much money, I could have built a house in Beverly Hills.’ Shut the f--k up, you f--king scumbag. Pay your f--king fighter what you owe him, do your job. Bob Arum is a piece of f--king sh-t.”  — LA, GMA News