Khamzat Chimaev is a UFC star and he wants a big fight next to prove it. Many names have been pitched for him next and his coach, Andreas Michael, recently spoke out with a fun option next.

Andreas Michael wants to see Khamzat Chimaev fight a big-name UFC welterweight next. UFC president Dana White also spoke about making the fight a few weeks ago.

“I would like to see him fight Colby,” Michael said Monday on The MMA Hour. “Colby would be a good fight. We’re after fighting the best, and Colby’s the next step up, and we keep on going. … We should fight the best, and if we’re not good enough to be there, then we shouldn’t be there. That’s how I think. Because right now it doesn’t get easier.

“It just gets tougher, and if you can’t handle these guys that [UFC welterweight champion Kamaru] Usman has handled, then we’re gonna have a problem. And he can handle them, and he will handle them, and he will win.”

Andreas Michael wants what's best for Khamzat Chimaev next and he is not interested in taking a ‘step back.' That's why Colby Covington is the fight to make next for the Swedish fighter.

“I just hope we take steps forward,” Michael said. “People are talking about other fights and for me, if I could choose, I’m not interested in any other fight. I want steps forward, I don’t want steps back. I don’t want anyone building their name on our name. I want us to build our name on other guys’ names if you understand what I mean.”

He later added, “At the end of the day I hope that we get Colby and then with God’s help we win that fight then you say we get the winner of Usman vs. Leon.”