By TXMMA Staff | Photo by Jason Silva, USA TODAY Sports
Octagon MMA’s Sean Spencer picks up first UFC win over Yuri Villefort at UFC Fight Night 28
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil, September 4, 2013 – Dallas area resident Sean Spencer (Octagon MMA) scored his biggest career success this afternoon in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Opening the UFC Fight Night 28 card held at Mineirinho Arena in Belo Horizonte on Facebook, Spencer would take on Yuri Villefort in a battle of two fighters stills searching for their first UFC win in their second fight with the organization. For Sean Spencer, he would also be moving down to his rightful weight class after debuting on short notice with a third round submission loss to middleweight Rafael Sapo Natal this past January.
As it turns out that the move to welterweight would allow Sean Spencer to finish with much better results at UFC Fight Night 28.
The bout was a close contest throughout all three rounds of this one with Sean Spencer showing fast hands, superior boxing, and a higher overall punch output while Villefort looked to time his shots while landing some pretty hard leg kicks throughout the bout. Neither fighter would try to take this one to the ground too much though Yuri did score one takedown early in the second round with Sean immediately bouncing back up to his feet.
In the end Spencer won the majority decision by scored of 30-27, 29-28, 28-29.
Complete UFC Fight Night 28 Results
Glover Teixeira over Ryan Bader by TKO (punches) – Round 1, 2:55
Ronaldo Souza over Yushin Okami by TKO (punches) – Round 1, 2:47
Joseph Benavidez over Jussier Formiga by TKO (punches) – Round 1, 3:07
Piotr Hallmann over Francisco Trinaldo by submission (kimura) – Round 2, 3:50
Rafael Natal over Tor Troeng by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
Ali Bagautinov over Marcos Vinicius by TKO (punches) – Round 3, 3:28
Edimilson Souza over Felipe Arantes by split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
Lucas Martins over Ramiro Hernandez by technical submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 1, 1:10
Elias Silverio over Joao Zeferino by unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 30-27)
Ivan Jorge over Keith Wisniewski by unanimous decision (29-28, 30-27, 29-28)
Sean Spencer over Yuri Villefort by split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28)