Pichel vs Madsen

Who won Pichel vs Madsen?

Mark O Madsen beat Vinc Pichel by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest, during the main card of UFC 273, on Saturday 9th April 2022 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville.

The scorecards were announced as 27-30, 27-30, 28-29 in favor of winner Mark O Madsen.

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).

Pichel vs Madsen stats

Vinc Pichel stepped into the ring with a record of 14 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Mark O Madsen made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 11 wins and 0 draws, with 3 of those by knock out and 3 by submission.

The stats suggested Pichel had a large advantage in power over Madsen, boasting at 57% knock out percentage over Madsen's 27%.

Vinc Pichel was the older man by 2 years, at 39 years old.

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

Pichel was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 4 years and 1 month earlier than Madsen, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 14 more professional rounds, 38 to Madsen's 24.

Pichel vs Madsen form

Madsen remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Clay Guida at UFC Vegas 34 on 21st August 2021 by split decision in their 3 round contest at UFC APEX, Enterprise, United States.

Previous to that, he had defeated Danilo Belluardo at UFC on ESPN+ 18 on 28th September 2019 by knockout in the 1st round at Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Going into that contest, he had beat Thibaud Larchet at Cage Warriors 103 on 9th March 2019 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at K.B Hallen, Copenhagen.

Before that, he had won against Matthew Bonner at Cage Warriors Academy Denmark 2 on 15th December 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Arena Nord, Frederikshavn.

He had beat Alexandre Bordin at Cage Warriors Academy Denmark 1 on 22nd September 2018 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Nykøbing F Hallen, Nykøbing.

Activity check

Pichel's last 3 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 2 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 4 months and 25 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 8 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.7 rounds on average.

Madsen's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 10 months and 19 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 13 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.6 rounds on average.