Burnell vs Vila

Who won Burnell vs Vila?

Mads Burnell beat Ahmed Vila by submission in the 1st round during the main card of Cage Warriors 103, on Saturday 9th March 2019 at K.B Hallen in Copenhagen.

The scorecards were announced 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 Vila stats

Mads Burnell stepped into the octagon with a record of 10 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws and 6 by submission.

Ahmed Vila made his way to the cage with a record of 6 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws and 4 by submission.

This was Mads Burnell's 4th fight in Cage Warriors, having made his debut for the promotion in November 2018.

Mads Burnell's Cage Warriors record stood at 4-0-0, while Ahmed Vila's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested that Burnell and Vila have similar power, both with a 0% knock out percentage.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Vila had a slight advantage over Burnell, with a 67% submission rate over Burnell's 60%.

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

Vila had a height advantage of 2 inches over Burnell.

Burnell was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 1 year and 1 month later than Vila, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 36 more professional rounds, 54 to Vila's 18.

Burnell vs Vila form

Mads Burnell had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to 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.

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Burnell's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 8 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.4 rounds on average.

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