Strikeforce heavyweight contender Paul Buentello was a guest on MMA Weekly Radio on Monday night and renewed his request for a possible fight with EliteXC heavyweight Kimbo Slice.

“People want to see it," Buentello is quoted as saying in an article on MMAWeekly.com that chronicles the radio appearance. "I think everybody wants to see it. Me and Kimbo should lace up the gloves. Everybody wants to see it and I think it’s time. He’s fighting all the guys I’ve already knocked out and I’ve already exposed. He needs to get off that buffet line I put out there and come over to my Paul Buentello taco shop and see if we can get to work.”

This is not the first time Buentello has asked for the fight. He stumped for the fight a year ago and seems more interested than ever following Slice's win against Tank Abbott at EliteXC's "Street Certified" event in Miami this past Saturday.

While several fighters have gone on the record to ask for a match with Slice (real name Kevin Ferguson), Buentello is asking for the bout while also offering words of praise.

“Everybody asks me ‘when are you going to fight Kimbo? You should fight that Kimbo guy,’” the article quotes Buentello. “Just give him much respect, he’s been training and accomplished a lot in a year or so. He’s really putting his hands together, he’s really putting his game plan together.”

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