Tenshin Nasukawa accepts Conor McGregor fight challenge – but only at 58kg under kick-boxing rules
- UFC star calls for mixed martial arts fight in Tokyo against Japanese kick-boxer
- Nasukawa, who was pummelled by Floyd Mayweather, responds with his conditions
In his seemingly never-ending bid to one-up Floyd Mayweather Jnr, Conor McGregor has now called for a fight with Tenshin Nasukawa – and the Japanese kick-boxer is game.
“I wish to go to Tokyo to face Tenshin Nasukawa in a Mixed Martial Arts exhibition bout. Before this summer. Please arrange this, this instant. Yours sincerely, the champ champ,” former two-weight UFC champion McGregor tweeted, tagging the UFC and promoters Paradigm Sports Management in his message.
The 20-year-old Nasukawa was embarrassed in a one-sided TKO defeat by Mayweather in their three-round boxing “exhibition” fight on New Year’s Eve in Saitama, Japan.
The undefeated American, who had a four-kilogram weight advantage, toyed with his smaller opponent and knocked him down easily three times before Nasukawa’s team threw in the towel in the first round.
But it’s unlikely McGregor is just looking for an easier opponent after his own fourth-round submission loss to UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov last October. He has clearly had his interest piqued by the US$9 million Mayweather made for just 139 seconds of work.
