It has been 16 months since Tim Kennedy last set foot inside the UFC Octagon.

The Special Forces Weapons Sergeant's latest UFC fight was his fourth Octagon outing, which ended in a controversial TKO loss against Yoel Romero. Since then, Kennedy has been vocal about Romero's steroid abuse, which was later proved correct when the Cuban-American failed one of USADA's tests. However, Kennedy remains an inactive fighter on the sidelines.

Asked to explain his lengthy absence from the promotion, Kennedy took aim at the Rebook policy.

"Alright, I'm just going to go ahead and say that Reebok is the best apparel company on the planet," Kennedy told Submission Radio. "They spell names correctly, they have impeccable design that they really, really grasp the culture of mixed martial arts and especially all their unique cultures of the athletes that exist within it, and they've done the perfect job of marketing each of us individually and making us look the best that we can in every single fight. Now that I've said that, hopefully I can have a fight.

"Obviously none of that is true and it's like the opposite of every single one of those things, but okay, I've said it - and you can quote me on that, that those were my words - and now I'll probably get a fight. Probably if Anderson Silva beats Bisping - which I don't think he will - but if he does, that would be my dream fight, is to wreck Anderson Silva in a round."

According to Kennedy, he was offered a fight against former light-heavyweight champ Lyoto Machida in March but was unable to accept the offer.

"They offered me Lyoto Machida at the end of March, but I'm going to be deployed for the military and it's for the US Army, and they're really hard to say ‘no' to. Like, by hard, I mean they'll put me in prison if I say ‘no'. Yeah. So I couldn't fight at the end of March, I asked for a different date. Lyoto would be a fun fight; Anderson would be a really easy fight. So obviously I'd prefer to beat up a former champ, steroid user - and stylistically it's an easier match.

"But ether way, as soon as I get back from this deployment I would love to fight whoever they want."