Michael Bisping believes Conor McGregor's next fight will come against Nate Diaz - before a potential title bout with Khabib Nurmagomedov.
The Notorious destroyed Donald Cerrone in 40 seconds at UFC 246 in January and has a number of options for his next fight.
But former middleweight champion Bisping believes McGregor will face Diaz for a third time before potentially having a rematch with Nurmagomedov if he beats Tony Ferguson.
Speaking on MMA Tonight on Sirius XM, Bisping said: “What we like to see from Conor is the fights, and judging by the last fight against Cowboy Cerrone, he’s still got it.
“That was a tremendous performance and he made very short work of him. I’m very excited to see the next matchup, probably if I’m a gambling man, Nate Diaz.
“Nate Diaz came out of the woodwork the other day with a Tweet.
"Khabib has Ramadan coming up so therefore after this fight with Ferguson, he’s going to be fasting so he’s not going to be training for a fight.
"Therefore, if Conor wants to stay busy, keep earning money, and get a very big significant payday against relatively easy competition in Nate Diaz, and a fight that he would win in style and close out the trilogy, yeah there you go. He’s going to fight Nate Diaz, then probably fight Khabib.”
