Nate Diaz (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

By FCF Staff

While it remains to be seen who Khabib Nurmagomedov will battle next, Nate Diaz is denying that he has turned down a fight with the rising lightweight, as Dana White recently claimed.

The UFC President was recently asked about the possibility of a Diaz-Nurmagomedov bout on Twitter, and White replied:

@EDLEZGIN @TeamKhabib Nate turned the fight down

— Dana White (@danawhite) January 11, 2014

@EDLEZGIN @TeamKhabib @NateDiaz209 nobody wants to fight Khabib

— Dana White (@danawhite) January 11, 2014

The outspoken Diaz, however, denied he’s been approached about facing the 21-0 fighter:

@danawhite @ufc are full of shit I didn’t turn down anything …

— Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209) January 12, 2014

Recently it was reported that a bout between Nurmagomedov and Gilbert Melendez was in the works, but the fight was never finalized. The Russian fighter is coming off a unanimous decision win over Pat Healy at UFC 165 in September, and has won five straight in the UFC.

Diaz (17-9) quickly stopped Gray Maynard at the TUF 18 Finale in November, after dropping back-to-back bouts to Benson Henderson and Josh Thomson.