Aleksandar Rakic vs Thiago Santos

Aleksandar Rakic overcame a 14-fight experience disadvantage (7 vs 21 fights), earning a reward for beating the more seasoned veteran Thiago Santos.

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.

Aleksandar Rakic 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.

Thiago Santos controlled the striking through significant strike advantage (49 vs 36), superior accuracy (50.5% vs 40.4%). However, since Thiago Santos lost the overall fight, his striking superiority couldn't be converted into ELO bonuses. Aleksandar Rakic's positive striking ELO reflects the overall victory rather than striking dominance.

Aleksandar Rakic did not secure a significant ground advantage against Thiago Santos on the ground with 2:32 of control time, with almost no grappling bonus.

Aleksandar Rakic demonstrated standard activity with 190 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Aleksandar Rakic capitalized on this activity level, while Thiago Santos's 119-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Aleksandar Rakic extended his 2-fight win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Thiago Santos is back at 0 with this loss.

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