Less than four months after suffering his first career loss, the former Contender Series veteran returned to the win column with a unanimous decision victory over Cole Smith to kick off the UFC Vegas 9 main card.
An early knockdown followed by a dominant showcase of his wrestling helped Azure secure the victory to move to 2-1 in the UFC.
“My main focus was getting back to the win column,” Azure said afterwards. “To me, it wasn’t my best performance but I’m going to take it, get back to the drawing board and just keep growing.