Landu vs Cogliandro

Who won Landu vs Cogliandro?

Yves Landu beat Walter Cogliandro by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the prelims of Bellator Milan, on Saturday 29th October 2022 at Allianz Cloud Arena in Milan.

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 Cogliandro stats

Yves Landu stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 5 by submission.

Walter Cogliandro made his way to the cage with a record of 10 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, 5 of those wins coming by knock out and 1 by submission.

This was Yves Landu's 7th fight in Bellator, having made his debut for the promotion in 2020. Walter Cogliandro marked his 1st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2022.

Yves Landu's Bellator record stood at 6-1-0, while Walter Cogliandro's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Cogliandro had a large advantage in power over Landu, boasting a 50% knock out percentage over Landu's 29%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Landu had an advantage over Cogliandro, with a 29% submission rate over Cogliandro's 10%.

Yves Landu was the older man by 5 years, at 38 years old.

Cogliandro had a height advantage of 2 inches over Landu.

Landu was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 13 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 6 years and 7 months earlier than Cogliandro, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 18 more professional rounds, 69 to Cogliandro's 51.

Landu vs Cogliandro form

Landu had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Walter Cogliandro at Bellator Milan on 29th October 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Allianz Cloud Arena, Milan, Italy.

Previous to that, he had beaten Gavin Hughes at Bellator 280 on 6th May 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, he had defeated Terry Brazier at Bellator 248 on 10th October 2020 by knockout in the 1st round at Accor Arena, Paris, France.

He had been beaten by Hiroto Uesako at RIZIN 18 on 18th August 2019 by knockout in the 2nd round at Dolphins Arena, Nagoya, Japan.

Activity check

Landu's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 6 months and 22 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 10 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Landu vs Cogliandro?

Yves Landu was a 11/25 (-230) favourite going into the contest, while Walter Cogliandro made his way into the ring at 8/5 (+160) with oddsmakers.