Mads Burnell


Mads Burnell is a Danish mixed martial artist. He competes in featherweight division of the Cage Warriors, where he is the reigning champion. Professional mixed martial artist since 2013, Burnell has also competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He was the
European Championship European No-Gi Champion in 2014.

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." He lost the fight via submission due to a north-south choke in the third round.
His second fight came on January 14, 2018. He faced Mike Santiago at . He won the fight via unanimous decision.
On May 27, 2018, Burnell faced Arnold Allen at. After dominated 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.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts