Conor McGregor-Nate Diaz rematch set for August, UFC announces

— -- A welterweight rematch between UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz will headline UFC 202 in Las Vegas on Aug. 20.

The UFC announced the bout on Saturday. The 170-pound rematch was originally scheduled to headline UFC 200 on July 9, but the UFC pulled McGregor off the card in April when he refused to fly to Las Vegas to appear in a commercial shoot and press conference.

In mid-May, McGregor (19-3) met with UFC president Dana White and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta in Los Angeles to discuss re-booking the fight at UFC 202. Days after that meeting, however, the bout hit another bump when Diaz, who submitted McGregor at UFC 196 in March, asked to renegotiate financial terms of the rematch.

McGregor, 27, is coming off the first loss of his UFC career. He still holds the 145-pound championship he won in December, by knocking out Jose Aldo in a UFC title fight record 13 seconds.

He was scheduled to fight 155-pound lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos in March, but dos Anjos withdrew with a foot injury. That opened the door for a non-title welterweight fight against Diaz (19-10), who accepted on 11 days' notice.

Fighting out of Dublin, McGregor told ESPN.com he wanted the rematch to take place at 170 pounds again, so that nothing would be different from their first fight.

"What kind of fighter would I be, if I said, 'Hey, I didn't get you at 170, let me try to get you at 155," McGregor said. "I'll make my adjustments. I ate up to the weight. This time, I won't do that."

Diaz has coming off back-to-back wins against McGregor and Michael Johnson. Fighting out of Stockton, California, he is a UFC veteran since 2007. He fought for the lightweight championship in December 2012 but came up short in a five-round decision loss to Benson Henderson