UFC Copenhagen: Mark Madsen Storms Through Danilo Belluardo in Octagon Debut

Mark Madsen had a lot of hype heading into UFC Copenhagen today, and the Danish wrestler lived up to the hype and then some, by quickly taking out Danilo Belluardo.

Round one

Madsen charged in not long into the fight and pushed Belluardo to the fence. Belluardo squashed Madsen’s first takedown attempt, but the decorated wrestler scored with his second. Madsen fired in punches from above and mixed in some nasty elbows as well. Belluardo wasn’t doing much, other than covering up, and the fight was called. Impressive debut for the Olympic Silver Medalist wrestler.

With the win, Madsen moved his MMA record to 9-0.

UFC Copenhagen results

Here are the results so far for UFC Copenhagen.

Mark Madsen def. Danilo Belluardo via TKO (elbows and punches) R1, 1:12

Gilbert Burns def. Gunnar Nelson via unanimous decision (29-28. 29-28, 29-28)

Ion Cutelaba def.  Khalil Rountree via TKO (elbows & punches) R1, 2:35

Ovince Saint Preux def. Michal Oleksiejczuk via submission (Von Flue Choke) R3,  2:14

Nicolas Dalby def. Alex Oliveira via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

John Phillips def. Alen Amedovski via knockout (punches) R1, 0:14

Makhmud Muradov def. Alessio Di Chirico via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)

Ismail Naurdiev def. Siyar Bahadurzada via unanimous decision (30-25, 30-25, 30-26)

Giga Chikadze def. Brandon Davis via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)

Lina Lansberg def. Macy Chiasson via unanimous decision (29-27, 29-27, 29-28)

Marc Diakiese def. Lando Vannata via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)

Jack Shore def. Nohelin Hernandez via submission (rear-naked choke) R3, 2:51