Artem Lobov believes Conor McGregor would beat Khabib Nurmagomedov in a rematch between the pair.
The Notorious lost to the lightweight champion in October 2018 and has been desperate for another shot at him since.
McGregor's friend and Straight Blast Gym teammate believes the Dubliner deserves a rematch and is confident he would emerge victorious.
Lobov told BJPENN.com: “To be honest, I just want to see Conor fight the winner of Tony and Khabib, which makes more sense than Gaethje.
"There is always going to be someone talking. But, when you are in the position of Conor and has done what he has done, you don’t need to prove anything.
“For him, he should just fight the best guy every time. They wanted him to have a fight before and he had one against ‘Cowboy’ and finished that in 40 seconds. That’s it. From now on he needs to fight the best guy only.”
He added: "It won’t be an easy fight but it will be a win for him. Look at round three, Khabib wasn’t able to score any takedowns.
"Look at how good Conor did, you have never seen any fighter do that.
"There are clear reasons, now that he’s focused, with another training camp for Khabib that he will win.”
