Conor McGregor calls UFC chief Dana White to ask for a second crack at Khabib Nurmagomedov

The Irishman, who was comprehensively outclassed by the unbeaten Russian at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night, also sparked ridicule on social media on Monday when he posted a tweet which showed him sporting a heavily bruised eye with the caption: “We lost the match but won the battle”.

White told ESPN, “Conor McGregor has already called me wanting an immediate rematch.”

The UFC chief also hinted that McGregor’s next opponent could be the renascent Tony Ferguson who made an impressive comeback on the UFC 229 undercard, defeating the highly regarded Anthony Pettis.

“We’ll see what happens with Khabib and what’s next,” White said. “I mean, Tony Ferguson looked amazing, those two have been lined up to fight three different times and it hasn’t happened, so we’ll see how this thing plays out.”

McGregor succumbed to his fourth career defeat at UFC 229, his second loss as a headliner following his stunning loss to the unfancied Nate Diaz in March 2016, and despite being dominated before his fourth round submission to the Dagestan-native Nurmagomedov, has indicated he would like to face his rival again.