Fabio Maldonado has been laying low since his unanimous decision loss to Quinton Jackson last April, but now he is itching to get a new fight. So much that he called six different light heavyweights out.

Maldonado was smart enough to aim high at guys like Alexander Gustafsson and Anthony Johnson, but he would settle for lesser opponents, as he told Combate.

"I would really like to fight in the Sao Paulo card, but if I fight in October in the United States, that works too. I wanted Anthony Johnson or Alexander Gustafsson, but that is kind of a longshot, right? They are all the way up there, so I could fight Ilir Latifi, Jimi Manuwa, Ovince Saint Preux or Tom Lawlor who just moved up and had a good win. There is a lot of good fighters in this weight class."

The strategy has shown some success, as Latifi answered to his plea on his Facebook page, calling Maldonado to face him in Dublin.

"Fabio Maldonado, you are a great warrior and I heard that you can get ready in six weeks for a fight? I fought last year in Dublin and the crowd and atmosphere was fantastic. What about we put on a show for the Irish fans at UFC Dublin?"

The UFC's next visit to Dublin happens on October 24 and has lightweights Joseph Duffy and Dustin Poirier as the headliner.