Even though the Unified Rules of MMA are printed in black and white, confusing situations present themselves from time to time. On Tuesday evening at Dana White’s Contender Series 37 , Joanderson Brito committed an eye poke in the third round that rendered his opponent, Diego Lopes , unable to continue. However, when it was all said and done, Brito was declared the winner of the contest via technical decision. Brito was warned on more than one occasion by referee Chris Tognoni throughout the fight to stop poking his opponent and to keep his fingers straight up or his fist closed completely
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