Heavyweight contender Dillian Whyte is open to the idea of one day making a transition into the UFC.

Whyte was a professional kickboxer and became a two-time British heavyweight champion by winning the BIKMA super heavyweight British title and the European K1 championship. He had a 20-1 record under K-1.

He also had a professional MMA bout, when he made his mixed martial arts debut for Ultimate Challenge MMA on December 6, 2008 - with a demolition of Mark Stroud in only 12 seconds into the first round.

Whyte was scheduled to return on May 2 in Manchester, against former champion Alexander Povetkin. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the entire event was pushed back until July 4

As far as mixed martial arts, Whyte is open to compete if UFC President Dana White places the right kind of money on the table.

And Whyte has no problem facing UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic.

“I’ll fight Stipe Miocic,” Whyte said, according to bjpenn.com. “I’ll kick him in the face. He’ll just try to take me down but he might go to sleep before I go down though.

“Yeah I’ll fight UFC, I’ll do one boxing fight then one UFC. One boxing fight, one MMA fight, tell Dana White to hit me up."

Another name to Whyte's liking is Francis Ngannou.

“Francis Ngannou, he’s the man,” Whyte said. “Francis Ngannou, he ain’t got no chin, he’s a coward. I’ll knock out Francis Ngannou trust me. The only thing they’ll try to take me down, that’s it.”

Whyte is the WBC's mandatory challenger, which puts him in line for the winner of the Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder trilogy bout - and the trilogy is being targeted, at the moment, for a date in October. Whyte must receive his world title shot by February of 2021.