{"id":908003,"date":"2026-09-28T01:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T01:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/908003\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T01:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T01:26:09","slug":"magomed-zaynukov-breaks-silence-on-ufc-qatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/908003\/","title":{"rendered":"Magomed Zaynukov breaks silence on UFC Qatar\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Magomed Zaynukov has addressed rumors of a UFC Qatar fight against Manoel Sousa and revealed why he will not compete this year.<\/p>\n

Magomed Zaynukov made his UFC<\/a> debut in July. He delivered a dominant performance to secure a unanimous decision victory over Damian Rzepecki<\/a>. This performance has earned him widespread praise from the fans.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Recently, rumors began to circulate online that \u2018Wild Chanko\u2019 is set to return in November and will face Manoel Sousa at UFC Qatar on November 21 in Doha. However, the Russian fighter has denied signing for the fight and also ruled out returning to the octagon this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Magomed Zaynukov denies signing UFC Qatar fight against Manoel Sousa as surgery delays return<\/p>\n

Zaynukov took to the Instagram story to address the rumors. He made it clear that he has not agreed to fight Sousa at UFC Qatar.<\/p>\n

He also revealed that he is currently recovering from surgery, meaning his focus is on getting healthy rather than preparing for another UFC appearance.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t sign any contract for this fight. I won\u2019t be fighting this year due to surgery. I am currently undergoing rehabilitation and recovering,\u201d Zaynukov wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Check out Magomed Zaynukov\u2019s Instagram story screenshot via MMA Orbit below:\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Zaynukov earned his UFC contract with a decision victory over Lucas Caldas at Dana White’s Contender Series Season 9, Week 9. He currently holds a perfect record of nine wins.<\/p>\n

Even before his UFC debut, ‘Wild Chanko’ was all over the internet, as he trains with Team Khabib. One incident that earned him significant attention was when Islam Makhachev<\/a> introduced him to Demetrious Johnson as “Chanko,” but many heard “John Pork.” The clip went viral, and everyone became aware of Zaynukov.<\/p>\n

He later got involved in a brawl with team Khabib\u2019s rival, Dillon Danis, at the cage side at UFC 322, which was headlined by Makhachev vs Jack Della Maddalena. Since his stardom has risen, with his impressive debut performance, he has earned a significant fan base.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Khabib Nurmagomedov praises Magomed Zaynukov after UFC debut win<\/p>\n

Zaynukov’s debut performance has earned him praise from UFC legend Khabib Nurmagomedov. After his debut win, in the post-fight presser, \u2018Wild Chanko\u2019 revealed he spoke to \u2018The Eagle\u2019 and the former champion praised his performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe spoke immediately after I got out of the cage,\u201d Zaynukov revealed during his post-fight press conference. \u201cKhabib said, \u2018It was a great, exciting, and fun fight, but you missed a takedown, and that\u2019s not okay.”<\/p>\n

Now that Zaynukov has revealed his decision to stay out of competition, fans will have to wait longer to see the Russian build on his impressive UFC debut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Magomed Zaynukov has addressed rumors of a UFC Qatar fight against Manoel Sousa and revealed why he will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":908004,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,15058,122265,72736,785,85,787],"class_list":["post-908003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-khabib-nurmagomedov","tag-magomed-zaynukov","tag-manoel-sousa","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=908003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/908003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/908004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=908003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=908003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=908003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}