Career
Early career
Spencer started his professional career in 2009. Until 2011, he fought mainly for such Texas-based promotions as King of Kombat and Supreme Warrior Championship. With a record of seven wins and one loss, he signed with Bellator.
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Legacy Fighting Championship
Spencer was expected to face Hayward Charles on August 17, 2012 at Legacy Football Club 13.
However, due to undisclosed reasons, Spencer was rescheduled to face Evan Cutts in the same event. He defeated Cutts via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28).
Spencer was scheduled to face Roy Spoon on April 12, 2013 at Legacy Football Club 19 but it was announced on January 2013 that he had in fact signed with the UFC to replace an injured Magnus Cedenblad against Rafael Natal. Ultimate Fighting Championship
Spencer made his promotional debut on short notice against Rafael Natal on January 26, 2013 at UFC on Fox: Johnson versus
Dodson. He was defeated via submission due to arm-triangle choke in the third round.
In his second fight in the promotion, Spencer moved down to the welterweight division and faced Yuri Villefort on September 4, 2013 at UFC Fight Night 28. Spencer was called to replace an injured Zak Cummings against Sérgio Moraes on November 30, 2013 at The Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale. However, Moraes also got injured and Spencer instead faced promotional newcomer Drew Dober.
Spencer next faced Alex Garcia on March 15, 2014 at UFC 171.
He lost the back-and-forth fight via split decision. Spencer was expected to face Luiz Dutra on June 28, 2014 at UFC Fight Night: Swanson versus
Stephens but the bout was scrapped due to an injury from Dutra. Spencer faced Paulo Thiago on September 13, 2014 at UFC Fight Night 51, replacing an injured Joe Riggs.
Spencer faced Cathal Pendred on January 18, 2015 at UFC Fight Night 59.
Spencer lost the fight by a controversial unanimous decision. Both Joe Rogan and Mike Goldberg had felt Spencer had dominated the fight and declared on air how baffling the decision was. Later UFC president Dana White echoed this sentiment on air.
Likewise, all 15 major Mobile Marketing Association media outlets scored the fight in favor of Spencer.
Spencer was expected to face Mike Pyle on May 23, 2015 at UFC 187, but an injury forced Spencer out of the bout, and he was replaced by Colby Covington. The bout with Pyle was rescheduled and is eventually took place on February 6, 2016 at UFC Fight Night 82.
Spencer lost the back-and-forth fight via TKO in the third round. Ultimate Fighting Championship
Fight of the Night (One time).
