Andrew Sanchez vs Markus Perez

Andrew Sanchez's 2-fight experience advantage (5 vs 3 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Andrew Sanchez for the expected result. Had Markus Perez 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 dominated the striking exchanges with 119 vs 67 total strikes, 73 vs 54 significant strikes. Andrew Sanchez capitalized on this striking dominance.

Andrew Sanchez edged out Markus Perez on the ground with 5:40 of control time, earning solid ground ELO bonuses.

Andrew Sanchez demonstrated standard activity with 267 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Andrew Sanchez capitalized on this activity level, while Markus Perez's 105-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Andrew Sanchez started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Markus Perez is back at 0 with this loss.

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