Alexander Gustafsson vs Jan Blachowicz

Alexander Gustafsson's 8-fight experience advantage (13 vs 5 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Alexander Gustafsson for the expected result. Had Jan Blachowicz 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.

Alexander Gustafsson 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.

Alexander Gustafsson dominated the striking exchanges with 139 vs 55 total strikes, 50 vs 28 significant strikes, 50.0% vs 31.1% accuracy. Alexander Gustafsson capitalized on this striking dominance.

Alexander Gustafsson dominated Jan Blachowicz on the ground with 4 vs 0 takedowns, 10:43 of control time, 33 ground strikes, earning massive ground ELO bonuses.

Alexander Gustafsson demonstrated standard activity with 336 days since his last fight, earning no activity bonus. As the winner, Alexander Gustafsson capitalized on this activity level, while Jan Blachowicz's 146-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Alexander Gustafsson started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Jan Blachowicz is back at 0 with this loss.

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