The UFC almost gave Conor McGregor a much tougher comeback

• Conor McGregor is scheduled to headline UFC 329 on Saturday in Las Vegas, facing Max Holloway.
• This welterweight bout is a rematch, occurring 13 years after McGregor previously defeated Holloway.
• McGregor's coach, John Kavanagh, revealed that the team was initially preparing to fight Carlos Prates before Holloway was confirmed as the opponent.
• McGregor has not competed in five years; his last fight ended with a broken leg, and his planned 2024 return was canceled due to a broken toe.
• He recently became eligible to return to fighting in March after completing an 18-month ban for drug-test whereabouts failures.

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Conor McGregor trained for different UFC opponent before Max Holloway fight was made