Bob Meyrowitz named to 2016 UFC Hall class

Despite an athletic background in baseball and swimming, Bob Meyrowitz had no interest in creating the sport of mixed martial arts when he co-founded the Ultimate Fighting Championship in 1993.He just wanted to get some questions answered, the first being when he asked a friend who studied Taekwondo if that combat discipline could defeat karate in a fight. “That’s a Brooklyn question,” the Marine Park native replied with a laugh.And when he was told that, “They can’