9 Things To Expect From Conor McGregor's UFC Return

7. One Thick McGregor

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After spending the majority of his career in the featherweight division, a trip up to see Eddie Alvarez at lightweight, followed by two fights with everyone's favourite younger Stocktonion, before returning to LW to challenge Khabib, it looks like we're about to see the most jacked version of the dude ever.

Keeping in mind that Conor has devised his own camp for this fight, whilst considering the heavier, heftier bulls in the welterweight field, he may be looking to preserve his power by stacking on the muscle. Compared to his super-active adversary Cerrone, McGregor has been away for a long time and had the opportunity to develop healthy weight gain for a targeted return. But it takes a lot of fuel to power such a big rig, already an Achilles heel of sorts and something Donald has got to be looking to exploit over 5 rounds.

That's if we get as much, considering...

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