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 12th fight in the PFL, having made his debut for the promotion in 2021. Mads Burnell marked his 2nd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2024.

Clay Collard's PFL record stood at 7-5-0, while Mads Burnell's came in at 1-1-0.

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 31 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, 92 to Burnell's 57.

Collard vs Burnell form

Collard had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Patricky Pitbull at PFL 2: 2024 Regular Season on 12th April 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to AJ McKee Jr at PFL vs. Bellator: CHAMPS on 24th February 2024 by submission in the 1st round at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Olivier Aubin Mercier at PFL 10: 2023 PFL World Championship on 24th November 2023 by unanimous decision in their 5 round contest at The Anthem, Washington, United States.

Before that, he had beaten Shane Burgos at 2023 PFL Playoffs: Welterweights & Lightweights on 23rd August 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York.

He had defeated Stevie Ray at PFL 6 on 23rd June 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta.

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

In his last fight before this contest, he was victorious against Emmanuel Sanchez at Bellator 263 on 31st July 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at The Forum, Inglewood, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Saul Rogers at Bellator 257 on 16th April 2021 by submission in the 2nd round at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Darko Banovi at Bellator 248 on 10th October 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Before that, he had defeated 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.

He was victorious against Dean Trueman at Cage Warriors 106 on 29th June 2019 by submission in the 2nd round in their championship fight at Eventim Apollo, London.

Activity check

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

Going to this contest, Clay Collard had last fought 3 months and 12 days ago, while Mads Burnell's last outing had been 2 years, 11 months and 23 days ago.

Collard's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 1 month and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.

Burnell's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 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.