Dana White says the UFC has not yet offered Nick Diaz a fight and have not spoken to his reps

By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief

After Cesar Gracie teased that Nick Diaz had a fight offer on the table from the UFC, Dana White is now saying that's not the case. The UFC President denied Gracie's claim in a text message sent to Ariel Helwani at MMAFighting.com.

"Nobody at the UFC talked to Gracie or anyone else that reps Nick," White wrote when asked about the alleged fight offer.

Diaz last fought in March, losing to UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre at UFC 158. He said afterward that he was retiring unless he got another fight with St-Pierre or one with Anderson Silva. However, White recently said that Diaz expressed interest in coming back, so word of an "on the table" offering made sense.

Penick's Analysis: I don't know what cause Gracie would have to fabricate an offer, because if there wasn't one and Diaz wanted there to be, he could have come to the UFC with that. Of course, maybe Gracie and Diaz were gauging interest in Diaz returning, or maybe Gracie's speaking entirely out of turn. For now, the official word is that nothing's been done to this point. Whether that changes or not, that's where things stand now.

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Source: http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/UFC_2/article_17712.shtml

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