UFC middleweight Gegard Mousasi went a perfect 4-0 in 2016, the last three via T/KO and one won Performance of the Night. Now during a call with Damon Martin for FOX Sports, Mousasi said he wants to fight … ANYBODY!

I wanted to fight Anderson [Silva] and the UFC said, ‘Well you don’t have a big enough name’ but now he’s fighting Derek Brunson,” said Mousasi pointedly. “Luke Rockhold is injured but I see him training all the time. Chris Weidman doesn’t pick up his phone. The UFC offered him that fight a couple of times. Whittaker wants to go on holiday for seven months. I don’t know what he’s up to. I’m looking for a fight.”

[Weidman] says he was offered a couple of fights? Who? Everyone is booked or injured. Whittaker doesn’t want to fight until May or June, that’s what the UFC told me. Who else is there to fight? UFC offered me to him to fight..

[Rockhold] says he’s torn his ACL a little bit and I’m actually afraid to take that fight because he’s still injured. I’m afraid to accept that fight and then suddenly he pulls out and I’m training for nothing. If he accepts the fight and he’s healthy, that’s a good fight for me.

I fought Machida after injury. I went to Sweden to fight Gustafsson but he got injured. I was willing to fight DC when Jon Jones got pulled off the card. I was willing to fight Anthony Johnson [at UFC 206]. Of course I wanted to fight Anderson but I think he favors the guys he can beat easier or he believes he can beat easier.

Derek Brunson’s stand up is horrible, I’m sorry. The guy is a good fighter but his stand up is just terrible. He’s an amateur fighter stand up wise. It was just a barfight in his last fight.

I’m ready to take any fight. From No. 1 to No. 15, I’m open. I’m ready to take risks if the reward is there. I’d rather fight somebody in the top five rather than somebody in the top 15, but I’ll fight anybody.

If I fight the right fight, I’m a bad matchup for everyone. I feel I have the best stand up. Luke Rockhold’s not going to take me down. Chris Weidman’s not going to take me down. Their wrestling is great, but they have to set it up with strikes. Heavyweights cannot take me down at this moment so no middleweight is going to take me down. All I can say is I’m very confident. I’m looking to fight those guys.

In the meantime, Mousasi has enjoyed the holiday season and is up to 220.

I’ve been eating, and I got fat, joked Mousasi to John Morgan for MMAjunkie. I train, but I’m still fat. I’m training now twice a day, so, I’m going to be in shape when they give me a fight, but I need a fight to get motivated to train. Otherwise, it’s difficult to be hungry when you don’t have a fight.

Mousasi is a figure of dignity, but has come to embrace and even enjoy the media callouts that characterize the sport now.

It’s a little bit fun to curse people out, said Mousasi with a laugh. But I’m still respectful to my opponents. What can I say? I need a fight, but this is how it works. You have to speak up. Otherwise, who cares that you’re respectful? No one cares.

Good guys finish last. You’ve heard that saying. It’s true. So why should I be a good guy? To whom do I have to be nice? The guys that I’m fighting are not my friends – except ‘Jacare.’ I like him.

I’ve got nothing against the guys. I respect all of the guys. They’re all great athletes. I don’t care. Just give me a fight, and I’ll fight.

I’m going to beat everybody up. I’m going to win the belt, and I’m confident that whoever is next, I’m going to beat him.