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Markos accuses Pinheiro of stealing DQ win with ‘oversold and suspect’ reaction

Randa Markos has taken Luana Pinheiro to task for her reaction to the foul that ended their fight at UFC Vegas 25 on Saturday night.

Markos and Pinheiro fought in the featured preliminary fight of the evening. What started off as a solid fight between the two strawweights would soon be marred by controversy after a series of fouls occurred. Markos was poked in the eye several times by Pinheiro, who was verbally warned by referee Mark Smith. One of those eye pokes prompted a break in the action so Markos could be attended to by the cageside physician, but she signaled to both him and the referee that she wanted to continue.