Alan Belcher vs Michael Bisping

Michael Bisping's 4-fight experience advantage (19 vs 15 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Michael Bisping for the expected result. Had Alan Belcher pulled off the upset, his experience disadvantage would have delivered a modest upset bonus.

This was not a title fight, so both fighters received standard ELO adjustments. However, since ELO is a relative system, victories over former champions can have an indirect impact, and Title Fight ELO can differ from Basic ELO.

Michael Bisping earned a clear Decision - Unanimous, receiving full decision bonuses for controlling the fight across all rounds. Of course, a finish would have yielded even greater rewards.

Michael Bisping dominated the striking exchanges with 94 vs 29 total strikes, 93 vs 29 significant strikes, 41.3% vs 19.3% accuracy. Michael Bisping capitalized on this striking dominance.

Minimal ground action with brief exchanges. The low volume resulted in modest ground adjustments.

Michael Bisping demonstrated solid activity levels with 98 days since his last fight, earning a moderate activity bonus for consistent scheduling. As the winner, Michael Bisping capitalized on this activity level, while Alan Belcher's 119-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Michael Bisping started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Alan Belcher is back at 0 with this loss.

This category provides the foundation ELO scoring without bonuses, except for exceptional multiple division champions.