Tyson Fury has revealed sensational plans to make his MMA debut - and he will be trained by Conor McGregor .
The lineal heavyweight champion is already set to take part in the WWE Crown Jewel event in Saudi Arabia on Thursday.
However, now The Gypsy King - who has a rematch with Deontay Wilder pencilled in for February - plans to venture into the world of MMA.
He told Sky Sports: "You might see Tyson Fury have his MMA debut this year. It's different but, like I say, Tyson Fury [is] taking over.
"Yeah, I've been speaking to Conor [McGregor] about it and he's willing to train me and it's going to be good.
"I come from a long line of bare knuckle boxing champions and getting hurt, getting bloodied...
"You saw in my last fight that there was blood everywhere, it's nothing new to me. It's all a part of my heritage. I would love to get in there and smash someone up.
"He [McGregor] just said 'any time you're ready, let's go. Come over to Dublin and we'll start training'. I can't wait. I'm going to take him up on the offer.
"We might be on a double header - The Gypsy King and Conor McGregor. Watch this space."
McGregor took to Twitter to welcome the link up, commenting: "Up the Fury's! Let's go"
