Amir Sadollah vs Jorge Lopez

Amir Sadollah's 7-fight experience advantage (9 vs 2 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Amir Sadollah for the expected result. Had Jorge Lopez 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.

The controversial Decision - Split reflected a closely contested battle, with Amir Sadollah receiving reduced bonuses due to the lack of clear domination.

Amir Sadollah controlled the striking exchanges with 77 vs 39 total strikes, 43.4% vs 52.5% accuracy. Amir Sadollah capitalized on this striking dominance.

Amir Sadollah did not secure a significant ground advantage against Jorge Lopez on the ground with 1 takedown, 1:52 of control time, with almost no grappling bonus.

Amir Sadollah demonstrated standard activity with 275 days since his last fight, earning no activity bonus. As the winner, Amir Sadollah capitalized on this activity level, while Jorge Lopez's 241-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Amir Sadollah started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Jorge Lopez is back at 0 with this loss.

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