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UFC strawweight vet Randa Markos suffered her fourth straight loss in the most unfortunate fashion when she was disqualified for an illegal upkick that rendered opponent Luana Pinheiro unable to continue at UFC Vegas 25 on Saturday night.
The disqualification was called because referee Mark Smith ruled Markos’ upkick intentional. An unintentional ruling would have triggered a no-contest because the foul had occurred in the first two rounds of the three-round fight. The official time of stoppage was 4:16 of the first round.
Just moments before the fight’s end, Markos’ fate had hung in the balance after she took an accidental poke to the eye that prompted a checkup from the cageside doctor. After a short break, she signaled she was able to continue and went right after Pinheiro, winging punches until she was tossed to the canvas with a head and arm throw – a move to which she repeatedly fell pr
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Luana Pinheiro Takes DQ Win Over Randa Markos After Illegal Upkick Lands.
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Luana Pinheiro has her first win under the UFC’s banner, in the form of an opening round disqualification ruling against division veteran, Randa Markos after she was struck with an illegal upkick.
In an exciting couple of exchanges in the opening round, the Brazilian landed an unintentional eye poke against Markos, which seemed to open a cut on her right eyelid. After consulting the Octagon-side physician, Markos was cleared to continue, however, she appeared to be quite cautious about returning to action as he began blinking and wiping the blood from her eye.