Khabib Nurmagomedov criticizes Magomed Zaynukov despite UFC debut win

MagomedZaynukov received some criticism from KhabibNurmagomedov despite a successful Ultimate Fighting Championship debut.Zaynukov took on fellow debutant DamianRzepecki (10-1) in a lightweight matchup at UFC Abu Dhabi. The Russian unleashed vicious elbows to batterRzepecki, who showed immense heart in going the distance. "WildChanco" eventually earned a unanimous decision win, handingRzepecki his first professional loss.

What Khabib Told Magomed Zaynukov after his UFC Abu Dhabivictory

However, Zaynukov's teammate and mentor Nurmagomedov still found aflaw in his performance. While the UFC Hall of Famer laudedZaynukov on his win, he didn't like the young prospect from histeam missing a takedown. Meanwhile, fellow teammate IslamMakhachev congratulated Zaynukov on the exciting victory."Yeah, we spoke immediately after I got out of the cage," Zaynukovsaid at the post-fight press conference. "Khabib said that it was agreat fight, it was an exciting fight, fun fight. 'But you missed atakedown,' he said, 'And that's not OK.' Islam just said,'Congratulations, that was a fun, exciting fight.' But they kind ofexpected that this was going to be that type of fight."Zaynukov (9-0) was already quite popular on social media evenbefore earning his UFC contract on Dana White's Contender Series last year. The 31-year-old hadsignificant hype behind him going into his Octagon debut in AbuDhabi, further boosted by the viral "John Pork" meme.