The UFC announced the match-up during the pay-per-view broadcast for UFC 199. The event will take place Aug. 20 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The main card will air on pay-per-view.
UFC 202
The event is expected to be headlined by a welterweight rematch between The Ultimate Fighter 5 winner and former lightweight title challenger Nate Diaz and UFC Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor. The pairing previously met earlier in the year at UFC 196. McGregor was expected to challenge UFC Lightweight Champion Rafael dos Anjos, but dos Anjos pulled out due to a broken foot only 11 days before the event. Diaz eventually replaced him and the bout was shifted to the welterweight division. Diaz won the fight via rear-naked choke in the second round. Their rematch was originally expected to take place at UFC 200, but everything changed during mid-April, as a disagreement between McGregor and the UFC - regarding his media schedule - led to his removal from the event and then Nate Diaz was also pulled out. A bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challengers Anthony Johnson and Glover Teixeira was expected to serve as the co-main event for UFC on Fox: Holm vs. Shevchenko. However, Johnson pulled out one month before the event to tend to personal issues. In turn, promotion officials elected to pull Teixeira from the card and the pairing was left intact and rescheduled to take place at this event. Dong Hyun Kim was expected to face Neil Magny at the event. However, Kim pulled out due to injury on July 12 and was replaced by Lorenz Larkin.
UFC 202 Fight Card
MAIN CARD: Conor McGregor vs. Nate Diaz, Anthony Johnson vs. Glover Teixeira, Carlos Condit vs. Demian Maia.
Diaz (19-10 MMA, 14-8 UFC) stepped up to face McGregor (19-3 MMA, 7-1 UFC) on short notice at UFC 196, stepping in for injured lightweight champ Rafael dos Anjos. The bout took place at welterweight, but McGregor remained a solid favorite as the men made their way to the cage. Diaz survived a rocky first round to stun McGregor on the feet before taking the fight to the floor and finishing with a second-round rear-naked choke.
Don't miss, UFC 202 stream is the highly-anticipated rematch between two UFC superstars.
The two were then set to rematch at UFC 200, but a dispute between McGregor and the UFC over fight promotion led to the bout being cancelled amid tweets from the featherweight champ suggesting retirement.
After a rocky PR war, the sides have smoothed everything out and the rematch is finally set.
