Conor McGregor wants to set up a mixed martial arts ‘exhibition’ with Tenshin Nasukawa before this summer, according to a tweet that the Irishman posted in the early hours of Monday morning.
“I want to go to Tokyo to face Tenshin Nasukawa in a Mixed Martial Arts exhibition bout,” the post read. “Before this summer. Please arrange this, this instant. Yours sincerely, the champ champ.”
McGregor signed off the post by tagging his management company, Paradigm, and the UFC.
The Dubliner’s framing of the suggested bout as an exhibition was likely a nod to the Japanese kickboxer’s ill-fated boxing exhibition against Floyd Mayweather Jr.