Justin Bieber challenges Tom Cruise to UFC fight
Seng Foo Lee
June 10, 2019 08:03 MYT
June 10, 2019 08:03 MYT
For unknown reasons, Canadian singer Justin Bieber suddenly issued a challenge to Tom Cruise to face him in an MMA fight.
The 25-year-old pop star also tagged UFC president Dana White to host the fight inside the Octagon.
"I wanna challenge Tom Cruise to fight in the octagon. Tom, if you don't take this fight, you're scared and you will never live it down," he tweeted on Monday.
I wanna challenge Tom Cruise to fight in the octagon. Tom if you dont take this fight your scared and you will never live it down. Who is willing to put on the fight? @danawhite ?
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) June 10, 2019
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Following the tweet, former UFC two-division champion Conor McGregor, true to his 'Notorious' nickname, chipped in and offered to be the middle man for the fight if the 56-year-old actor, known for his roles in various films such as Mission: Impossible, Jack Reacher and Top Gun, accepted Bieber's challenge.
If Tom Cruise is man enough to accept this challenge, McGregor Sports and Entertainment will host the bout. Does Cruise have the sprouts to fight, like he does in the movies? Stay tuned to find out! https://t.co/TxsH9KUyFg
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) June 10, 2019
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McGregor then doubled down by challenging another actor, Mark Wahlberg, to fight him on the same card.
I challenge Mark Walhberg on the very same card. Back when mark wahlberg was marky mark, I’d’ve still slapped the ears off him and took my ufc shares back.#Shares #Streams #Dazn #Espn McGregor Sports and Entertainment
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) June 10, 2019
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Wahlberg previously said he would give a piece of his stake in the UFC to the Irishman after the latter beat Eddie Alvarez in 2016, but he later retracted the offer.
Neither Cruise nor Wahlberg had responded to the challenges at the time of writing.