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 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 loses 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 loses and 0 draws, with 1 of those wins by knock out and 8 by submission.

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 4 years, at 29 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 23 less professional rounds, 52 to Sanchez's 75.

Burnell vs Sanchez form

Mads Burnell had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

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

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

Going into that contest, he had lost to 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.

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

He had beat Saul Rogers at Bellator 257 on 16th April 2021 by unanimous decision in the 2nd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Emmanuel Sanchez had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, 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, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Daniel Weichel at Bellator 252 on 12th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had beat Georgi Karakhanyan at Bellator 218 on 22nd March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville.

Before that, he had been beaten by Patricio Pitbull at Bellator 209 on 15th November 2018 by unanimous decision in their Bellator Featherweight championship fight at Menora Mivtachim, Tel Aviv, Israel.

He had defeated Sam Sicilia at Bellator 198 on 28th April 2018 by submission in the 1st round at AllState Arena, Rosemont, United States.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Mads Burnell had last fought 7 months and 16 days ago, while Emmanuel Sanchez's last outing had been 2 years, 8 months and 6 days ago.

Burnell's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

Sanchez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 7 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 15 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

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