Can Mads Burnell position himself for a life-altering opportunity? His next assignment figures to reveal much about his future plans in the Bellator MMA featherweight division.
Burnell will confront Roufusport mainstay and two-time title challenger Emmanuel Sanchez in the Bellator 263 co-main event this Saturday at The Forum in Inglewood, California. The rising contender enters the cage on a career-best six-fight winning streak that covers more than three years. Burnell last appeared at Bellator 257, where he submitted Saul Rogers with a second-round rear-naked choke on April 16.