Anthony Smith vs Thiago Santos

Thiago Santos's 6-fight experience advantage (13 vs 7 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Thiago Santos 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.

Thiago Santos gained a finish with a KO/TKO in round 2, earning finishing bonuses.

Thiago Santos dominated the striking exchanges with 80 vs 13 total strikes, 58 vs 10 significant strikes, 70.7% vs 45.5% accuracy, including 2 devastating knockdowns. Thiago Santos capitalized on this striking dominance.

Thiago Santos controlled Anthony Smith on the ground with 0 takedowns, 3:19 of control time, 42 ground strikes, earning substantial ground ELO bonuses.

Thiago Santos demonstrated solid activity levels with 99 days since his last fight, earning a moderate activity bonus for consistent scheduling. As the winner, Thiago Santos capitalized on this activity level, while Anthony Smith's 141-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Thiago Santos 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.