Mads Burnell (born March 6, 1994) is a Danish mixed martial artist who competes in featherweight division of Bellator MMA.

Professional mixed martial artist since 2013, Burnell has also competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and Cage Warriors, where he was a Featherweight champion.

[5] Burnell started his professional MMA career in 2013 and won his first five bouts and met his first defeat when he faced Ott Tonissaar at Octagon Athletes 2.

He fought all this fights in Northern Europe and amassed a record of 8–1 prior joining UFC.

[7] Burnell made his promotional debut on September 2, 2017, facing Michel Prazeres, replacing Islam Makhachev at UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs.

[17] On September 7, 2018, news surfaced that Burnell had signed a contract with Cage Warriors.

[6] Burnell made his promotional debut against Lukasz Rajewski at Cage Warriors 99 on November 17, 2018.

[20] Burnell submitted Trueman by japanese necktie in the second round and captured the featherweight championship.

[21] Burnell was expected to make his first title defense against Steve Aimable at Cage Warriors London on November 22, 2019.

[40] Moving up to LW, Burnell started the 2024 season with a bout against Michael Dufort on April 12, 2024 at PFL 2.