Hunter Azure Recaps UFC Vancouver Win and Looks to Future

A post shared by Hunter Azure (@hunter_azure) on Sep 18, 2019 at 2:02pm PDT

Hunter Azure made his successful Octagon debut at UFC Fight Night 158 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

In his debut, he faced a Canadian in Brad Katona, who won "The Ultimate Fighter: Season 27" at featherweight. Although Azure was the underdog, he pulled off the win. Despite taking home the decision, his path to victory was not part of his game plan coming into the bout. He primarily kept the fight on the feet, but his coaches wanted him to outgrapple Katona.

"I expected to wrestle some more. I knew he had good boxing and is usually the one putting the pressure on his opponents," Azure said to Sherdog.com.…