Conor McGregor shifts injury blame to ‘dry ice on Octagon floor’ as he continues ‘no contest’ calls

Conor McGregor is continuous together with his campaign that his UFC 329 fight should’ve been called a no contest.

Earlier this month, Conor McGregor‘s highly anticipated return at UFC 329 resulted in disaster when he suffered a fight-ending knee injury within the opening seconds.

The Irishman immediately received criticism from fans who claimed that he went into his clash against Max Holloway with a pre-existing injury.

Despite that, he has since provided several updates on the extent of his injury, claiming that he was saved from something ‘much worse’.

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‘Notorious’ suffered a serious knee injury moments into his comeback fight against Max Holloway.

McGregor continues call for UFC 329 fight to be modified to no contest

Almost immediately after his loss, the 38-year-old called for his clash against ‘Blessed’ to be modified from a TKO loss to a no contest.

And now several weeks faraway from his devastating injury, the previous double champion has continued his campaign to get the fight modified to a no contest, now blaming the ‘dry ice’ for making the Octagon floor wet.

“The white orange and green machine. mosying on back to the office, up the office! Sorry I’m late however the dry ice has the cage floor wet it’s a no contest now chop chop for the champ champ I’ll see ya’s next yr 100%,” McGregor wrote in a post on Instagram.

McGregor is predicted to undergo surgery for his torn ACL and MCL injury, nevertheless, he shared a video recently of him already starting on his recovery.

UFC boss Dana White is expecting his cash-cow to be out for a minimum of a yr, and he isn’t willing to speak about any potential fights for the 38-year-old at this point.

With that, McGregor has revealed that he’s targeting International Fight Week in 2027 for his final ever UFC fight, presuming his recovery goes as planned.

And he’s hoping that the fight shall be a trilogy against Holloway, shutting down calls for him to finally fight Michael Chandler as an alternative.