Landu vs Kobayashi

Who won Landu vs Kobayashi?

Yves Landu beat Isao Kobayashi by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of Bellator 301, on Friday 17th November 2023 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Yves Landu.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 145 pounds (10.4 stone or 65.8 KG).

Landu vs Kobayashi stats

Yves Landu stepped into the octagon with a record of 19 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Isao Kobayashi made his way to the cage with a record of 27 wins, 5 losses and 2 draws, 9 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Yves Landu's 7th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2020.

Yves Landu's Bellator record stood at 6-1-0, while Isao Kobayashi's came in at 0-3-0.

The stats suggested Kobayashi had a slight advantage in power over Landu, with a 33% knock out percentage over Landu's 26%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Landu had an advantage over Kobayashi, with a 26% submission rate over Kobayashi's 7%.

Yves Landu was the older man by 2 years, at 38 years old.

Landu had a 4-inch reach advantage.

Landu was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2010, 1 year and 11 months later than Kobayashi, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 20 less professional rounds, 69 to Kobayashi's 89.

Landu vs Kobayashi form

Landu had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges twice.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Piotr Niedzielski at Bellator MMA Paris on 12th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Previous to that, he had beaten Walter Cogliandro at Bellator Milan on 29th October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Allianz Cloud Arena, Milan, Italy.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Gavin Hughes at Bellator 280 on 6th May 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Before that, he had lost to Tim Wilde at Bellator London on 1st October 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at SSE Arena, London, England.

He was victorious against Terry Brazier at Bellator 248 on 10th October 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Activity check

Landu's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 3 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Landu vs Kobayashi?

Yves Landu was a 1/2 (-200) favourite going into the contest, while Isao Kobayashi made his way into the ring at 13/8 (+160) with oddsmakers.