Clay Collard vs. Mads Burnell Headlines PFL 5 in Salt Lake City on June 21

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A lightweight showdown pitting Clay Collard against Mads Burnell will serve as the featured bout for Professional Fighters League’s fifth regular season event of 2024.

The organization on Monday announced the fight card for the event, which takes place on June 21 at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, and features season bouts for lightweights and light heavyweights. In the co-main event, Impa Kasanganay will face Jakob Nedoh in a 205-pound pairing. The PFL 5 main card airs on ESPN and ESPN+ beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, while prelims stream on ESPN+ at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT.

A 2023 PFL lightweight finalist, Collard began his current campaign with a second-round TKO of Patricky Freire at PFL 2 on April 12. That allowed the UFC veteran to rebound from a first-round submission defeat to A.J. McKee at PFL vs. Bellator on Feb. 24.

Burnell, meanwhile, had a two-fight winning streak snapped at PFL 2, as he suffered a second-round submission loss to Michael Dufort. Burnell has compiled an 18-6 mark while competing for organizations such as Bellator MMA, the UFC and Cage Warriors during his professional tenure.

After capturing a PFL championship at middleweight last year, Kasanganay has moved to 205 pounds for the 2024 season. He made a successful debut at PFL 2, stopping Alex Polizzi in the opening stanza of their light heavyweight clash.

Nedoh, the 2023 PFL Europe light heavyweight champion, was stopped by Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov in the opening stanza of their matchup at PFL 2. That setback ended an eight-fight winning streak for the 27-year-old Slovenia native.