Nicki went for a gap that he thought was there, but for centimetres of his foot rest he would have passed Zagar, I don't think for one minute his intention was to knock him off... At the end of the day it's a world championship, do you accept no points or bust a gut to gain a point, that's the difference between Nicki, gollob and the rest.
I'd rather fall in my sword fighting and scrapping than settling for also ran and never knowing personally.