Collard vs Burnell

Who won Collard vs Burnell?

Mads Burnell beat Clay Collard by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main event of PFL 5, on Friday 21st June 2024 at Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Mads Burnell.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Collard vs Burnell stats

Clay Collard stepped into the octagon with a record of 25 wins, 12 losses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 3 by submission.

Mads Burnell made his way to the cage with a record of 18 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, 1 of those win coming by knock out and 9 by submission.

This was Clay Collard's 13th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021. Mads Burnell marked his 3rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Clay Collard's PFL record stood at 7-6-0, while Mads Burnell's came in at 2-1-0.

The stats suggested Collard had a massive power advantage over Burnell, boasting a 48% knock out percentage over Burnell's 6%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Burnell had a massive advantage over Collard, boasting a 50% submission rate over Collard's 12%.

Clay Collard was the older man by 1 year, at 32 years old.

Collard had a height advantage of 3 inches over Burnell. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Collard was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 13 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 2 years and 6 months earlier than Burnell, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 35 more professional rounds, 95 to Burnell's 60.

Collard vs Burnell form

Mads Burnell had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Daniel Weichel at Bellator 299 on 23rd September 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Previous to that, he had beaten Justin Gonzales at Bellator 295 on 22nd April 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Neal S. Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, United States.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Pedro Carvalho at Bellator 285 on 23rd September 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at 3Arena Dublin, Dublin, United Kingdom.

Before that, he had been beaten by Adam Borics at Bellator 276 on 11th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at The Family Arena, St. Louis, United States.

He had defeated Emmanuel Sanchez at Bellator 263 on 31st July 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Forum, Inglewood.

Activity check

Burnell's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 7 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

What time did Collard vs Burnell start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 2:40 AM UTC , which was 10:40 PM EST or 7:40 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 3:40 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Collard vs Burnell?

Clay Collard was a 4/11 (-320) favourite going into the contest, while Mads Burnell made his way into the ring at 21/10 (+230) with oddsmakers.