Apr 20, 2013; San Jose, CA, USA; Nate Diaz fights Josh Thomson (not pictured) during the lightweight bout of the UFC on Fuel TV at HP Pavilion. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

Earlier today, Dana White stated that UFC Lightweight, Nate Diaz, had turned down a fight against rising prospect, Khabib Nurmagomedov. White added that no Lightweights want to fight Khabib, and that is the reason he has not been booked to fight.

Nate Diaz took to Twitter and vehemently denied White’s accusation that he turned down the fight:

@danawhite @ufc are full of shit I didn’t turn down anything … — Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) January 12, 2014

The Diaz brothers are notorious for their difficulty in business negotiations with the UFC. Was White misquoted, or did he purposely put out the wrong information to get Nate to take the fight? Either way, there is an explanation needed from White.

Nate’s teammate, Gilbert Melendez, was supposedly set to fight Nurmagomedov at UFC 170, but the fight fell through just over a week ago. Since then, the UFC has been scrambling to find an opponent, but no one has answered the bell. Clearly Nate Diaz believes he was never offered the fight, so maybe he is the right opponent.

Nurmagomedov is 21-0, including five straight wins inside the Octagon. It is certainly understandable that fellow UFC Lightweights are not flocking to be Nurmagomedov’s next opponent. In his last outing, Khabib thoroughly dominated Pat Healy en route to a unanimous decision victory.

UPDATE: Khabib Nurmagomedov has responded to Diaz’s tweet: