Andrew Sanchez vs Marc-Andre Barriault

Andrew Sanchez's 5-fight experience advantage (6 vs 1 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Andrew Sanchez for the expected result. Had Marc-Andre Barriault 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.

Andrew Sanchez 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.

Andrew Sanchez edged the striking exchanges with 102 vs 76 total strikes. Andrew Sanchez capitalized on this striking dominance.

Andrew Sanchez edged out Marc-Andre Barriault on the ground with 2 vs 0 takedowns, 6:18 of control time, 6 ground strikes, earning solid ground ELO bonuses.

Andrew Sanchez demonstrated standard activity with 252 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Andrew Sanchez capitalized on this activity level, while Marc-Andre Barriault's null-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Andrew Sanchez extended his 2-fight win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Marc-Andre Barriault is back at 0 with this loss.

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