UFC new boy Michael Chandler believes he has cracked the code that is Khabib Nurmagomedov.
And his blueprint will surely prick the ears of the rest of the lightweight division - including Conor McGregor.
Chandler has been drafted in from Bellator and will be on standby should Nurmagomedov or Justin Gaethje pull out of their title fight next month.
And if he is handed his shot at the Russian, he has no doubt he can be the first to defeat him.
"I think I'm the better wrestler than he is and that's not to disrespect his wrestling," Chandler said.
"I think he has shown to be the most dominant wrestler in mixed martial arts, the most dominant wrestler in the world.
"What he does to guys, he comes forward with reckless abandon, pushes you against the cage, picks you up, put you down and puts you in the Dagestani handcuff. Full mount, side guard, crucifix, half guard or in your guard - the guy is dangerous everywhere.
"[But] I will say, he's never, to my knowledge, fought a Division-I, high-level Division 1 wrestler. I don't think he's fought anybody who is a Division-I wrestling All-American; there's just a different breed out there.
"There's a different breed between a high school wrestler who got into mixed martial arts and stopped doing wrestling many years ago and a guy like myself, who was a Division-I wrestling All-American.
"The game plan against Khabib... he's not going to take me down I don't think.
"If he takes me down, he's not going to hold me down. I'm going to be able to take him down unlike everybody else who has been up to fight him.
"Seeds of doubt get planted in his head because he knows he doesn't have great striking, he knows his ability to win the fight is predicated on him being able to get in your face, to put you up against the cage and pick you up and hold you down.
"That's the game plan: don't get taken down. But that's everybody's game plan. So I'm going to sit here and say I won't get taken down.
"You guys won't be able to see it until possibly October 24, or somewhere down the line, because I will be fighting Khabib Nurmagomedov for the title in the near future."
McGregor was choked out by Nurmagomedov in 2018 and has fought just once since, beating Donald Cerrone inside 40 seconds.
He then announced his retirement from the sport but UFC president Dana White is working on "something fun" for the Irishman for early 2021.
