LAS VEGAS -- Francisco Rivera will appeal the result of his second-round submission loss to Urijah Faber at UFC 181 on Monday, based on the argument an eye poke directly led to the result of the bantamweight contest.

Rivera's manager Jason House confirmed to ESPN.com he exchanged emails with Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director Bob Bennett on Monday morning and planned to file a written appeal later that day.

In the second round of the fight, Faber accidentally poked Rivera's right eye during an exchange. Rivera covered up and backed his way to the fence, eventually dropping to a knee, where he tapped to a choke from Faber.

Bennett declined comment to ESPN.com on whether the NSAC would hear the appeal, but referred to Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) 467.682, Article 4, which states:

After making a determination, a referee may view a replay, if available, at the conclusion of a contest or exhibition stopped immediately due to an injury to an unarmed combatant pursuant to NAC 467.718 in order to determine whether the injury in question was caused by a legal blow or a foul. If the determination is made that the injury was the result of a foul, it must be determined whether the foul was intentional or accidental. If deemed accidental, the outcome of the contest shall be determined in accord with NAC 467.702.

Rivera (10-4-1) would like to see the result of the fight changed to a no-contest. House has also asked the UFC to book a rematch against Faber (32-7).

An important piece to note of NAC 467.718 is that it applies to a situation in which a "contest or exhibition was stopped immediately" due to the injury in question. In this case, the injury in question was the poked eye, but the fight was stopped due to the choke.

House believes Rivera is owed an appeal, due to his assessment the choke came as a direct result of the eye-poke injury.

"I do believe [it comes down to that]," House said. "If you have people rewatch the tape, it's very obvious -- and I'm not pointing fingers at Urijah; I believe it was unintentional -- but it was clear to say the eye poke was the reason the fight ended the way it did."

Mario Yamasaki was the overseeing referee in the bout. Faber won the first round against Rivera on all three judges' scorecards by a score of 10-9. The official time of the stoppage was 1:34 of the second round.