Anthony Smith vs Glover Teixeira

Glover Teixeira's 6-fight experience advantage (19 vs 13 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Glover Teixeira for the expected result. Had Anthony Smith 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.

Glover Teixeira gained a finish with a KO/TKO in round 5, earning finishing bonuses.

Glover Teixeira dominated the striking exchanges with 202 vs 87 total strikes, 138 vs 86 significant strikes, 61.1% vs 41.0% accuracy, including 1 devastating knockdown. Glover Teixeira capitalized on this striking dominance.

Glover Teixeira controlled Anthony Smith on the ground with 1 takedown, 7:58 of control time, 63 ground strikes, earning substantial ground ELO bonuses.

Glover Teixeira demonstrated standard activity with 242 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Glover Teixeira capitalized on this activity level, while Anthony Smith's 347-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Glover Teixeira extended his 4-fight win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Anthony Smith is back at 0 with this loss.

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