The Ultimate Fighter season five winner hasn't set foot inside the cage since suffering a majority decision loss to Conor McGregor at UFC 202, a defeat he vehemently contested. 

Diaz was offered an interim lightweight title fight with the belt's current holder, Tony Ferguson, back in May. 

The Stockton native accepted the fight offer but quickly performed a U-turn as he believed he was being pressured into doing McGregor's dirty work. 

Late last month, UFC president Dana White claimed the youngest Diaz brother has turned down several fights, saying: "Nate Diaz turned down a fight with everybody on the roster.

"We’ve been offering him fights for (a long time). When was the last time he fought? A year-and-a-half-ago?

"For a year-and-a-half, we’ve been offering him fights. As a promoter, we have to offer him fights. Because we’re supposed to give him three fights a year. 

"So we continuously offer him fights and he continuously turns them down."

Diaz is happy to sit on the sidelines until he has a burning desire to fight again, despite public call-outs from Ferguson and UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley.  

"I’m not fighting because I am a fighter. You’re fighting because someone’s telling you to fight,” 32-year-old Diaz said during an appearance on the Outside The Box podcast. 

"I’ll fight whenever the f**k I wanna fight. That’s because I’m a G, n**ga, I’m a fighter myself. 

"I ain’t trying to do what nobody says, I’ll do what I say.  And I will fight when I’m approached respectably.”

Diaz is willing to return to the Octagon in the near future, so long as the UFC approach him in an appropriate manner. 

“Ask nicely, motherf**ers. Ask nicely,” he added. “I’m talking about the organization, the fighters. 

"And make it a big deal, because I’m not trying to just sign a contract just because it’s a good idea for you guys."