John Kavanagh has said that there is something forming between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather with regards to a proposed MMA fight between the two.
Mayweather fought McGregor last year in the ‘Money fight’ and a recent video posted on Floyd Mayweather’s Twitter account of the retired boxer walking around the Octagon has sparked talk of a possible MMA bout between the two.
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— Floyd Mayweather (@FloydMayweather) February 11, 2018
Per the Score, the Money Fight sold 13,094 tickets producing a gate of $55.4 million while selling a further 4.6 million PPV buys in North America alone.
Kavanagh said the fight that could never happen happened, and now he’s warming up to the idea of an MMA bout between the two.
“I’m kind of reminded of early last year when I was asked about the boxing fight,” Kavanagh said, speaking to TheMacLife.com.
“And I was doubtful as anybody, and I actually went as far as to stupidly tweet that I’ll do the Irish river dance naked … if Floyd steps in the Octagon. Now, I’m going to be honest, I’m practicing Irish dancing, and I’m getting nervous about that.
“In all seriousness, it’s a crazy world we live in. The fight that could never happen happened. And now this is a fight that can never happen, and it seems to be getting.. I don’t know, there seems to be something forming there. I would absolutely love it.”
Kavanagh admitted that any fight between the two would be more of a spectacle than a sport, but that if a bout were to materialise, it would, in his opinion, be a throwback to the early UFC days.
“I come into martial arts not to win UFC titles,” Kavanagh said. “I come into martial arts out of curiosity of martial arts, self-defense, and really what got me involved in UFC 1, what was so intriguing, was from having done various martial arts my whole life was to see how does a sumo do against a kickboxer? How does a jiu-jitsu guy go against a wing chun practitioner?
“And after the first four or five UFCs, it became obvious what styles were a waste of time, and what training systems worked, and then it became more of a sport.
“And that’s great, I enjoy it and that’s what I spend most of my time doing. But I still like looking at the odd YouTube video — ‘karate master challenges jiu-jitsu guy’ — and this reminds me of the early days.
“One of the best boxers ever against one of the best MMA fighters ever, what will happen? We all know what will happen — but still I’m not going to say it doesn’t get the curiosity going.
“So yeah, it’s a bit of a throwback to the UFC 1, 2 and 3 days. More of a spectacle than a sport, but it would be a fun fight to be involved in.”
