McGregor Blames Dry Ice for Wet Floor

Conor McGregor is continuing his campaign to have his UFC 329 fight changed to a no contest after his return against Max Holloway ended with a fight-ending knee injury in the opening seconds. His latest public explanation focuses on the condition of the Octagon floor. In an Instagram post reported by Bloody Elbow, McGregor said dry ice had made the cage floor wet and again declared that the bout should be a no contest. The post does not report a change to the official result. Instead, it shows McGregor maintaining the position he took almost immediately after the TKO loss, now with a specific claim about what he says affected the floor.

The reported sequence is important to the dispute. Earlier this month, McGregor’s highly anticipated UFC 329 return ended in disaster when he suffered the serious knee injury moments into his comeback fight with Holloway. Fans criticized him afterward, claiming that he had entered the clash with a pre-existing injury. McGregor has since shared several updates about the extent of the injury and said he was saved from something “much worse.” He then continued pressing for the result to be revised from a TKO loss to a no contest. Several weeks after the injury, his dry-ice claim adds another part to his public case, but the supplied report does not say that the result has been changed or that a no contest has been granted. For readers following the story, the supported development is McGregor’s ongoing request, not an announced ruling.

McGregor repeats his no contest position

McGregor connected his newest no-contest call directly to the wet-floor allegation in the Instagram message quoted by Bloody Elbow. “The white orange and green machine. mosying on back to the office, up the office! Sorry I’m late but 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 year 100%,” McGregor wrote. The wording is his stated explanation, not a reported official finding about the cage conditions. It also follows the same central position he adopted after the fight-ending injury: he wants the Holloway bout changed from a TKO loss to a no contest. The source presents that campaign as continuing several weeks after UFC 329 rather than as a completed process. Nothing in the supplied material says that the UFC accepted the explanation, altered the result, or made a decision in McGregor’s favor. That distinction keeps the news development clear: McGregor has publicly shifted the focus of his argument to dry ice and a wet Octagon floor while continuing to seek a revision.

The chronology also gives the claim its context. McGregor’s injury occurred in the opening seconds of the fight against Holloway, and he called for the result to become a no contest almost immediately after the loss. The latest post arrived several weeks later, with McGregor still pursuing the same outcome while offering the dry-ice explanation. Bloody Elbow also reports that he has been providing updates on the injury and recently shared video of himself already starting his recovery. Those recovery updates do not resolve the result dispute, and the no-contest request does not change the reported injury. They are parallel parts of the same aftermath: a serious knee injury, a continuing public campaign over the TKO result, and a longer-term recovery process. This separates what McGregor says from what is confirmed in the report, while showing why his latest message remains relevant to the UFC 329 story.

Recovery timeline shapes McGregor’s stated plan

Bloody Elbow reports that McGregor is expected to undergo surgery for torn ACL and MCL injuries. The report says he recently shared video of himself already beginning his recovery. Dana White is expecting McGregor to be out for at least a year and is not willing to discuss potential fights for the 38-year-old at this point, according to the source. McGregor has nevertheless revealed that he is targeting International Fight Week in 2027 for his final ever UFC fight, provided his recovery goes as planned. He is hoping for that fight to be a trilogy against Holloway and has shut down calls for him to finally fight Michael Chandler instead. The target is therefore conditional on recovery, while White’s reported position is that McGregor will be out for at least a year and that potential fights are not being discussed. McGregor’s push for a no contest is unfolding beside those recovery and future-fight comments, not as evidence of an immediate return or a confirmed bout.

• McGregor says dry ice made the cage floor wet and continues to seek a no contest for his UFC 329 TKO loss.
• The report says McGregor is expected to undergo surgery for torn ACL and MCL injuries and has targeted International Fight Week in 2027 if recovery goes as planned.

McGregor’s latest Instagram post is another public appeal to change his UFC 329 TKO loss to a no contest. Its new element is his claim that dry ice made the Octagon floor wet. The supplied report confirms the opening-seconds knee injury against Holloway, McGregor’s continuing request for a revised result, expected surgery for torn ACL and MCL injuries, and his conditional International Fight Week 2027 target. It does not report that the official result has changed.

Sources: Bloody Elbow