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"I think he's trying to end his career as the best of all time. Get to 30 and 0. He wants to finish undefeated. We saw it in boxing with Rocky Marciano. And if he can go undefeated he'll be in there in that conversation," Weir told Sky Sports earlier this week.

Weir acknowledges that on paper it looks like "the undefeated versus the unbeatable" as the Russian title-holder faces an American who is on a four-fight winning streak and most recently counterpunched Tony Ferguson to a standstill. But Weir maintains Gaethje, 31, has much to prove.

"We keep saying every opponent is the best Khabib's faced to date. I hear a lot of people talking about Gaethje because of the win over Tony Ferguson. But the only thing I'd ask is with coronavirus and the lockdown was Ferguson at his best? Everyone had a break but it affects some more than the others."