UFC President Dana White and former two-division UFC champ Georges St-Pierre have once against reached a crossroads in their relationship at which the promoter claims the fighter doesn’t want to compete.

During an interview today with TSN.ca in Canada, White said St-Pierre (26-2 MMA, 20-2 UFC) is “retired” from MMA competition and has no intention of fighting any time soon, nor does he even want to compete.

“We’ve been talking about a fight with ‘GSP,’ but ‘GSP’ is retired,” White told TSN. “As far as I’m concerned, ‘GSP’ is retired right now. He’s not interested in fighting anybody.”

When contacted by MMAjunkie, St-Pierre’s longtime manager, Rodolphe Beaulieu, denied his client is retired via text message.

“He was on Ariel (Helwani’s) show a few weeks ago and on Joe Rogan’s podcast a couple weeks ago and during a three-hour interview he never said he was retired,” Beaulieu said. “He mentioned on both what would interest him. On both interviews he said exactly why he had no interest for the Diaz fight. He explained all his reasoning.”

If the narrative from White sounds familiar, it’s because it is. Prior to St-Pierre making his return from a four-year hiatus to defeat Michael Bisping for the UFC middleweight title at UFC 217 in November, White would consistently shut down the idea of “Rush” fighting again.

He repeatedly claimed the French-Canadian had no desire to step back in the octagon and didn’t have the desire to fight at the highest level anymore. Sure enough, though, St-Pierre eventually made his way back and added the 185-pound belt to his collection alongside the welterweight strap.

Moreover, as recently as this past month, White shared his desire to book a fight between St-Pierre and Nate Diaz for UFC 227 in August. St-Pierre shut down that offer, though, and said he wouldn’t be ready for the date, nor does he think a fight with Diaz benefits his career.

There’s also the lingering issue of St-Pierre’s health. Just 33 days after winning the UFC belt from Bisping at UFC 217, St-Pierre vacated the strap. He cited an ongoing issue with ulcerative colitis, which is apparently still bothering him to the day.

St-Pierre, 37, who recently appeared on Joe Rogan’s “JRE MMA Show” podcast, did not mention anything about retirement. He did, however, reveal he’s not at 100 percent and wanted to give himself several more weeks of taking things slow before he agrees to a fight or enters the physical and mental stress of a training camp.

White did not mention anything about St-Pierre’s health, but seemed to think his lack of interest in the Diaz fight is a sign he’s ready to hang up his gloves. St-Pierre has shown no indication of that, though, nor has his withdrawn from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) drug testing pool.

“We were trying to do a fight with him and Nate Diaz in Los Angeles, and ‘GSP’ doesn’t want the fight,” White said. “‘GSP’ doesn’t want to fight right now. He’s not interested in fighting.”

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