Gray Maynard is tired of fighting tough guys who do little for his career. He's looking for a name that pushes him toward a title shot with UFC lightweight champ B.J. Penn.

"That's just where I'm at," Maynard today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). "The last three or four (fights) I've had tough ones, but they're just not that name. It's like, 'Ah well, he beat Nate (Diaz), but he was supposed to. He beat (Rich) Clementi, but he was supposed to.'"

That's why today on Twitter he called out the winner of a March 31 UFC Fight Night 21 headliner between two-time title challenger Kenny Florian and Japanese import Takanori Gomi.

Maynard (10-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC), a 30-year-old Las Vegas native and veteran of "The Ultimate Fighter 5," quietly has built a virtually spotless UFC record by taking on fighters who matchmaker Joe Silva struggled to book at the time.

His past five opponents – Frankie Edgar, Rich Clementi, Jim Miller, Roger Huerta, and most recently, Nate Diaz – were fights in which he had a lot more to lose than to gain.

He's beaten them all with a solid mix of boxing and wrestling in 15-minute wars that all went the distance. But as a result, Maynard said, it's been harder for him to build the "wow factor" necessary to get big opportunities.

Fighting the winner of Florian vs. Gomi is the perfect solution.

"If Florian beats him, [Florian has] a great name," Maynard said. "It's like, 'Florian's unbelievable, he beat the PRIDE champ'. ... It doesn't matter if [Gomi] is still good or not; it's his name (that matters)."