Mads Burnell (born March 6, 1994) is a Danish

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who competes in

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division of

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. Professional mixed martial artist since 2013, Burnell has also competed in the

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(UFC) and

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, where he was a Featherweight champion. He was the

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European No-Gi Champion in 2014. As of October 4, 2022, he is #6 in the Bellator Featherweight Rankings.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Burnell started his professional MMA career in 2013 and won his first five bouts and met his first defeat when he faced Ott Tonissaar at Octagon Athletes 2. He fought all this fights in Northern Europe and amassed a record of 8–1 prior joining UFC.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Burnell made his promotional debut on September 2, 2017 facing Michel Prazeres, replacing Islam Makhachev at UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve." At the weigh ins, Prazeres missed the lightweight limit of 156 pounds, coming in at 159 pounds. As a result the bout was changed to a catchweight and Prazeres was fined 20% of his purse. He lost the fight via submission due to a north-south choke in the third round. His second fight came against Mike Santiago on January 14, 2018 at UFC Fight Night: Stephens vs. Choi. He won the fight via unanimous decision. On May 27, 2018, Burnell faced

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at UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Till. After dominating most of the fight, he was caught in a front naked choke in the third round and lost the fight. On September 7, 2018, Burnell was released from UFC.

Cage Warriors

On September 7, 2018, news surfaced that Burnell had signed a contract with Cage Warriors. Burnell made his promotional debut against Lukasz Rajewski at Cage Warriors 99 on November 17, 2018. After weathering the early storm from Rajewski, Burnell took the fight to the ground and finished the fight via rear-naked choke in the first round. Burnell challenged Dean Trueman for the Cage Warriors featherweight title at Cage Warriors 106 on June 29, 2019. Burnell submitted Trueman by japanese necktie in the second round and captured the featherweight championship. Burnell was expected to make his first title defense against Steve Aimable at Cage Warriors London on November 22, 2019. However, Aimable could not make championship weight and the fight was changed to non-title bout. Burnell won the fight via unanimous decision.

Bellator MMA

On August 4, 2020, news surfaced that Burnell had signed a contract with Bellator. Burnell made his debut on October 10, 2020 at Bellator 248. He faced Darko Banovic and won the fight via TKO in the first round. Burnell was scheduled to face The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber standout Saul Rogers on April 2, 2021 at

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. However, the bout was cancelled due to visa issues. It eventually took place on April 16, 2021 at Bellator 257. Burnell won the bout via second round rear-naked choke. Burnell faced Emmanuel Sanchez at

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on July 31, 2021. He won the bout via unanimous decision. On September 22, 2021, it was announced that Burnell had signed a new, multi-fight contract with Bellator. Burnell headlined against

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on March 12, 2022 at Bellator 276. He lost the bout via unanimous decision. Burnell faced Pedro Carvalho on September 23, 2022 at

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. He lost the bout via unanimous decision.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

* Cage Warriors Fighting Championship ** CWFC Featherweight Championship (One time) *Scottish Organisation of Mixed Martial Arts **SOMMA Featherweight Championship (One time) *

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**2019 June Submission of the Month vs. Dean Trueman *Nordic MMA Awards - MMAviking.com **2017 Submission of the Year vs. Fernando Duarte

Grappling

**European No-Gi Champion 2014

Mixed martial arts record

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Burnell, Mads Living people 1994 births Danish male mixed martial artists Featherweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu Ultimate Fighting Championship male fighters Danish practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Sportspeople from Copenhagen