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Morning Report: Tony Ferguson calls Khabib Nurmagomedov’s UFC 242 performance ‘boring, lazy’, hopes to fight in December

At UFC 242 on Saturday night, Khabib Nurmagomedov submitted Dustin Poirier to retain his lightweight title. The win was Nurmagomedov’s 12th in a row in the UFC and immediately had fans discussing where Khabib ranks among the all-time greats of the sport. But there was one person who was not impressed with his performance: the man he will likely be facing next, Tony Ferguson.

Speaking with ESPN yesterday, Ferguson discussed Nurmagomedov’s performance at UFC 242 calling it lazy and one-dimensional.

“Lazy. One-dimensional,” Tony Ferguson said. “Nothing against him, both guys did awesome fight week.