Andre Muniz vs Paul Craig

Paul Craig's 9-fight experience advantage (16 vs 7 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Paul Craig for the expected result. Had Andre Muniz 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.

Paul Craig gained a finish with a KO/TKO in round 2, earning finishing bonuses.

Paul Craig controlled the striking exchanges with 54 vs 31 total strikes, 40 vs 24 significant strikes, 48.8% vs 60.0% accuracy. Paul Craig capitalized on this striking dominance.

Paul Craig controlled Andre Muniz on the ground with 2 takedowns, 2:56 of control time, 30 ground strikes, earning substantial ground ELO bonuses.

Paul Craig demonstrated standard activity with 182 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Paul Craig capitalized on this activity level, while Andre Muniz's 147-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Paul Craig started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Andre Muniz is back at 0 with this loss.

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