After a brutal win over Joanna Jedrzejczyk in 2020, Zhang Weili was stunned 78 seconds into her second defence of the strawweight title as a head kick from Rose Namajunas saw the American regain the belt at UFC 261 in April.

Zhang has since started training with former two-weight champion Henry Cejudo in the USA and Craig feels China's first UFC champion should have had at least one fight before facing Namajunas again.

"At the end of that fight, Zhang didn't know what happened," said Craig. "The brain constantly resets and you can't comprehend it.

"I got to feel that in my hometown (Glasgow in 2017), which made it even worse. I remember walking back to my dressing room and asking if I'd won. It probably took a year to get my confidence back, and if it wasn't for sports psychologists, I wouldn't have been able to push through that barrier of getting knocked out.

"A knockout takes a bit of your soul and it's hard to come back from, but the fact she's gone over to Cejudo and his team, with her own coaching staff as well, there's a lot of people telling her what to do.

"Too many cooks spoil the broth and I think she might rush in, trying to rectify that loss. Rose will stay on the outside and pick her apart. I reckon it'll be a knockout again, probably in round two."

Namajunas is also trained by Trevor Wittman in Colorado and has recent experience of rematches having beaten Jedrzejczyk back-to-back before avenging her 2019 defeat by Jessica Andrade.

"I'm a huge Namajunas fanboy," said Peet. "Her footwork is sublime, her shot selection is unbelievable, so I think it'll be her again, but probably on points this time."

Gaethje-Chandler has fight of the year potential

It'll be a busy night for Wittman as all three of his elite fighters are on the main card, with Justin Gaethje facing former Bellator champion Michael Chandler.

The big-hitting American pair are both looking to set out on the comeback trail after losing in the last two fights for the UFC lightweight title - Gaethje to the now-retired Khabib Nurmagomedov last October and Chandler to Charles Oliveira in May.

"It's going to be amazing," said Craig. "I see the two guys just swinging but I think Gaethje's got more tools in his arsenal.

"I see his wildness and the fact he can go all day, has heavy hands and a granite chin. I think Gaethje will come out on top, probably first round."

Peet added: "This isn't going past one round, it'll be a five-minute shootout. They've got a bit of lightning in the bottle at Trevor Wittman's gym but I'll say Chandler will land that crazy overhand right from nowhere.

"It's the first of three corners for Wittman, and that wouldn't bode well for Namajunas and Usman psychologically, so it could throw the cat among the pigeons."

And before all that, Ian Garry makes his UFC debut against Jordan Williams, and the 23-year-old wants to show why he calls himself 'The Future'.

"Usman and Colby is going to be insane, and there's a potential fight of the century in Chandler and Gaethje," he told BBC Sport.

"But I still want everyone to be talking about that tall blonde kid from Ireland. I always do, and the bigger the stage, the brighter I shine." (BBC)