DJ is totally lying about this.
It's not like Dillashaw would have any sort of an incentive to attempt to portray the situation as DJ being afraid to fight him and to misrepresent the circumstances involved. Like, what's the upside for him in that?!?
And it's not like Dana White has a proven track record of both straight up lying and of obfuscating legitimate information in order to manipulate the public opinion surrounding individual fighters whom he wants to establish better control over as a powerplay.
Nope, it's DJ who is lying. What a duck.