Burnell vs Sanchez

Who won Burnell vs Sanchez?

Mads Burnell beat Emmanuel Sanchez by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the co-main event of Bellator 263, on Saturday 31st July 2021 at The Forum in Inglewood.

The scorecards were announced as 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 in favor of the winner Mads Burnell.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Burnell vs Sanchez stats

Mads Burnell stepped into the octagon with a record of 14 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 8 by submission.

Emmanuel Sanchez made his way to the cage with a record of 20 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 8 by submission.

This was Mads Burnell's 7th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2020.

Mads Burnell's Bellator record stood at 5-2-0, while Emmanuel Sanchez's came in at 12-8-0.

The stats suggested Burnell had a slight advantage in power over Sanchez, with a 7% knock out percentage over Sanchez's 5%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Burnell had an advantage over Sanchez, with a 57% submission rate over Sanchez's 40%.

Mads Burnell was the younger man by 3 years, at 31 years old.

Sanchez had a height advantage of 1 inch over Burnell. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Burnell was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 7 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 1 year and 10 months later than Sanchez, whose first professional fight was in 2011. He had fought 12 less professional rounds, 63 to Sanchez's 75.

Burnell vs Sanchez form

Burnell had won all 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 opponent and going to the judges 4 times.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Darko Banovi at Bellator 248 on 10th October 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Previous to that, he had beaten Steve Aimable at Cage Warriors 111 on 22nd November 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Indigo at the O2, London, England.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Dean Trueman at Cage Warriors 106 on 29th June 2019 by submission in the 2nd round in their championship fight at Eventim Apollo, London.

Before that, he was victorious against Ahmed Vila at Cage Warriors 103 on 9th March 2019 by submission in the 1st round at K.B Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

He had won against ukasz Rajewski at Cage Warriors 99 on 17th November 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Colchester Charter Hall, Colchester, England.

Emmanuel Sanchez had beaten 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Yancy Medeiros at Bellator 279 on 23rd April 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Jeremy Kennedy at Bellator MMA on 3rd December 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had been defeated by Mads Burnell at Bellator 263 on 31st July 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Forum, Inglewood.

Before that, he had lost to Patricio Pitbull at Bellator 255 on 2nd April 2021 by submission in the 1st round in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

He had beaten Daniel Weichel at Bellator 252 on 12th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Emmanuel Sanchez had been fighting more than Mads Burnell.

Going to this contest, Mads Burnell had last fought 4 years, 7 months and 6 days ago, while Emmanuel Sanchez's last outing had been 3 years and 23 days ago.

Burnell's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 5 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 3 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.6 rounds on average.

Sanchez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 6 months and 4 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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