Alan Jouban vs Belal Muhammad

Alan Jouban's 6-fight experience advantage (7 vs 1 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Alan Jouban for the expected result. Had Belal Muhammad 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.

Alan Jouban 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.

Alan Jouban dominated the striking exchanges with 86 vs 77 significant strikes, 50.9% vs 38.7% accuracy, including 3 devastating knockdowns. Alan Jouban capitalized on this striking dominance.

Alan Jouban did not secure a significant ground advantage against Belal Muhammad on the ground with 0 takedowns, 1:37 of control time, 16 ground strikes, with almost no grappling bonus.

Alan Jouban demonstrated solid activity levels with 110 days since his last fight, earning a moderate activity bonus for consistent scheduling. As the winner, Alan Jouban capitalized on this activity level, while Belal Muhammad's null-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Alan Jouban extended his 2-fight win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Belal Muhammad is back at 0 with this loss.

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