Uesako vs Landu

Who won Uesako vs Landu?

Hiroto Uesako beat Yves Landu by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of RIZIN 18, on Sunday 18th August 2019 at Dolphins Arena in Nagoya.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Uesako vs Landu division, which meant the weight limit was pounds (0 stone or 0 KG).

Uesako vs Landu stats

Hiroto Uesako stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Yves Landu made his way to the cage with a record of 15 wins, 7 losses and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by knock out and 5 by submission.

Hiroto Uesako's Rizin record stood at 1-1-0, while Yves Landu's came in at 0-1-0.

The stats suggested Uesako had a massive power advantage over Landu, boasting a 59% knock out percentage over Landu's 20%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Landu had a large advantage over Uesako, boasting a 33% submission rate over Uesako's 6%.

Hiroto Uesako was the younger man by 1 year, at 36 years old.

Uesako had a height advantage of 1 inch over Landu.

Uesako's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Landu's, having had 2 more fights, and made his debut in 2010, 8 days later than Landu, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 15 less professional rounds, 51 to Landu's 66.

Uesako vs Landu form

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

In his last fight leading up to 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.

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Landu's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 6 months and 18 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 16 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 11 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.2 rounds on average.

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