Burnell vs Banović

Who won Burnell vs Banović?

Mads Burnell beat Darko Banovi by knockout in the 1st round during the main card of Bellator 248, on Saturday 10th October 2020 at Accor Arena in Paris.

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 Banović stats

Mads Burnell stepped into the octagon with a record of 13 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws and 8 by submission.

Darko Banovi made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 7 of those wins coming by knock out and 6 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 Darko Banovi's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Banovi had a massive power advantage over Burnell, boasting a 47% knock out percentage over Burnell's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Burnell had a large advantage over Banovi, boasting a 62% submission rate over Banovi's 40%.

Mads Burnell was the younger man by 2 years, at 30 years old.

Burnell had a height advantage of 2 inches over Banovi. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Burnell was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2013, 2 years and 9 months later than Banovi, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 15 more professional rounds, 54 to Banovi's 39.

Burnell vs Banović form

Mads Burnell had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against 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.

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

Going into that contest, he had defeated Ahmed Vila at Cage Warriors 103 on 9th March 2019 by submission in the 1st round at K.B Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Before that, he was victorious against ukasz Rajewski at Cage Warriors 99 on 17th November 2018 by submission in the 1st round at Colchester Charter Hall, Colchester, England.

He had lost to Arnold Allen at UFC Fight Night 130 on 27th May 2018 by submission in the 3rd round at Echo Arena, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Activity check

Burnell's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 10 months and 29 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 2 months and 8 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

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