Bellator MMA star AJ McKee wants to lure Floyd Mayweather into the ring for an all-American fight

• American MMA fighter AJ McKee wants to box Floyd Mayweather.
• The 27-year-old is a millionaire former champion with Bellator MMA.

Former Bellator MMA champion AJ McKee wants to lure boxing legend Floyd Mayweather into the ring for an all-American combat sports clash.

"I'm a dog, man. And I want to fight Floyd, still," McKee told Insider shortly after his unanimous decision win over Roberto de Souza in Japan on December 31.

"I've spoken to him a few times, and I told him I want to fight him. I don't know if he took it personally, but it's just, like, I'm the best of my sport, you're the best of yours."

Mayweather retired from pro boxing after beating Conor McGregor in the 10th round of a landmark crossover boxing rules bout that pitted two of the greatest box office sensations against one another in 2017.

McKee: 'I've always called myself the Floyd Mayweather of MMA'

Since then, Mayweather has taken part in exhibitions around the world, including Japan, Miami, and Dubai. He participates in another unofficial bout in February against Aaron Chalmers in London.

"We could do an exhibition," McKee told Insider. "He's done fighting, so I wouldn't mind."

McKee continued: "I've always called myself the Floyd Mayweather of MMA, and it would just be cool to share that moment with him."

McKee, a million-dollar fighter, gets another opportunity to secure a 7-figure bag

Before McKee can even fully campaign for a potentially life-changing bout against Mayweather, he must first get through a Bellator gauntlet, as the Los Angeles-based promotion has organized an eight-man lightweight competition.

Alongside McKee, the champion Usman Nurmagomedov puts his title on the line in a bracket that also features Patricky Pitbull, Benson Henderson, and Sidney Outlaw.

Whoever emerges from the three rounds unscathed, without defeat, will leave the tournament not only as the champion, but with a million-dollar paycheck.

Should that fighter be McKee, it will earn him a Bellator championship in a second weight class.

It's perhaps something McKee has long been thinking about as he has been visualizing his routes to success throughout his rise through in the Bellator ranks.

"Before Conor McGregor said he was going to be champ-champ, I said I was going to be champ-champ. So hopefully, one day, I can become" a champion in two divisions, McKee told Insider.

"Winning a million dollars is always nice," he added.

Bellator is expected to announce the official match-up and brackets for the tournament this week.