At 3-1 in his past four fights, including a first-round stoppage of Joe Proctor at this past month’s UFC Fight Night 108, Bryan Barberena is looking for a ranked opponent his next time out.

In keeping with the current trend of fighters calling out a specific name, “Bam Bam” offered a preemptive challenge following his UFC Fight Night 108 win. But the rest of the night didn’t go exactly as planned, forcing a change of direction for Barberena.

“There was someone who I was told wanted to fight me,” Barberena said following his UFC Fight Night 108 win. “I accepted that fight and then, for some reason, it didn’t happen. He’s on this card tonight. I won’t say his name until we see the results of tonight, but I don’t want him to keep running from me. I’m right here, and I’m ready to take him on, so we’ll see how he does tonight, but I’m ready.”

Barberena fought on the UFC Fight Pass-streamed prelims of UFC Fight Night 108, which took place April 22 at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. While Barberena declined to reveal the name he was targeting, there was just one other welterweight contest on the card – Mike Perry vs. Jake Ellenberger, which saw Perry pick up a spectacular win via second-round knockout.

Barberena and Ellenberger were previously linked together for a potential fight that never came to fruition, but the 27-year-old MMA Lab product said he’s no longer interested in booking that contest – if, indeed, that was the name he was targeting, at all.

“The person I was talking about lost, so just going to dust him under the rug and not talk about him anymore,” Barberena told MMAjunkie. “As for who I want next, give me someone with a number by their name.”

Barberena’s victory over Proctor saw him rebound from a disappointing decision loss to Colby Covington. Prior to that loss, Barberena had served as a bit of a prospect killer, notching back-to-back wins over Warlley Alves and Sage Northcutt.

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