Conor McGregor is pulling out all the stops to ensure victory...

Conor McGregor is pulling out all the stops to ensure victory over Nate Diaz at UFC 202 and that includes a serious financial investment in his training camp.

Following the loss to Diaz back in March, McGregor immediately shifted focus to fix the problems that cost him the fight and he became obsessed with the rematch.

Once the bout was booked, McGregor started putting together the pieces of the puzzle for his camp, which shifted from Ireland to Las Vegas while bringing in a slew of new training partners to mimic Diaz ahead of the rematch.

“With gyms, cars, transport, flights, accommodations — I’d estimate we’re talking a $300,000 camp here,” McGregor said when speaking to ESPN.

“This is a big, big expense -- but what I make is big. So, in the bigger picture, it’s rather small.”

Fighters routinely spend exorbitant amounts of money on a training camp with dollar figures sometimes ranging between $25,000 to perhaps $50,000.

McGregor isn’t worried about the money -- especially considering the estimated $22 million he raked in during 2015 -- but he really doesn’t care what it costs so long as he’s able to avenge the loss to Diaz on August 20.

According to McGregor’s head coach John Kavanagh, the training camp to prepare for Diaz has been much more structured than any of the past camps since arriving in the UFC.

Part of the problem stemmed from opponents changing sometimes within days of the contest and it forced Kavanagh to stop preparing for one specific fighter and instead only worrying about getting McGregor better.

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