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UFC fighter ignored referee's request to touch gloves at start of fight
Many on social media slammed her decision us unsportsmanlike
Others suggested her loss was 'karma' for not making the gesture

Published: 16:41 EST, 15 November 2015 | Updated: 04:29 EST, 16 November 2015

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Ronda Rousey has been criticized for not touching gloves with her opponent Holly Holm before the fight which saw her lose her world championship belt.

The UFC contender, who was defeated for the first time in her career on Saturday, ignored the referee's call to make the sporting gesture at the beginning of the encounter.

Instead the 28 year old turned away, put her fists up and prepared to fight.

Lady Gaga was one of the first people to condemn her actions. The 'American Horror Story' star took to Instagram to take a shot at Rousey alongside her 12.3million followers for poor sportsmanship.

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Ronda Rousey has been criticized for not touching gloves with her opponent Holly Holm before the fight which saw her lose her world championship belt

The UFC contender, who lost for the first time in her career on Saturday, ignored the referee's call to make the sporting gesture at the beginning of the encounter

Lady Gaga was one of the first people to condemn Ronda's actions. The 'American Horror Story' star took to Instagram to take a shot at Rousey alongside her 12.3million followers for poor sportsmanship

She wrote on Instagram: 'That's what you get for not touching gloves!' alongside a picture of Rousey getting a punch to the face.

Other social media users suggested Rousey's loss was karma for her choosing not touch gloves before the fight.

She was also accused of being 'disrespectful', while one person said that her ego had 'clouded her judgement'.

Rousey was knocked out in the second round of the fight when Holm kicked her in the head.

She was taken to hospital and, as of Sunday afternoon, had not made any sort of statement about the fight's outcome.

An ecstatic Holm jumped around the ring while Rousey stayed on the canvas as she received medical treatment amid the roar of a stunned, record UFC crowd.

'She's won a lot of fights and imposed her will on a lot of fighters,' Holm said. 'So I expected her to be aggressive and impose her will on me.

'She had me on the cage for a minute and obviously she was trying in for a take down right there ... she had a lot of things she was trying so I'm just glad I put in the practice,' she added.

Lady Gaga was one of the first people to condemn her actions. The 'American Horror Story' star took to Instagram to take a shot at Rousey alongside her 12.3million followers for poor sportsmanship

One Twitter user condemned Rousey's actions, adding that he was glad she lost

Another questioned whether the loss was karma for Rousey because she didn't engage in the sporting gesture

Rousey, a former judo Olympian, was unbeaten through 12 UFC fights before meeting Holm, and a win would have been her seventh title defense. Instead, Holm, a 34-year-old veteran female boxer from Albuquerque, New Mexico, has the championship belt.

'We figured her aggression was coming, if it didn't that's OK, but with footwork and my career we figured she wouldn't give me that space,' Holm said. 'There's been a lot of blood, sweat and tears but it was all worth it.'

Rousey left the stadium to receive treatment for concussion and facial cuts at a nearby hospital after the loss and skipped the post-fight media conference.

'She was transported (to hospital) because she got knocked out,' UFC chief Dana White said. 'Obviously she's completely bummed out and depressed.'

White said a rematch between Holm and Rousey made 'a lot of sense' and would put other potential matchups on the backburner.

'Obviously we don't make fights the night of the fight, but the rematch makes a lot of sense,' he said. 'The rematch is what the people want to see.'