Antonio Silva vs Roy Nelson

Roy Nelson's 7-fight experience advantage (18 vs 11 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Roy Nelson for the expected result. Had Antonio Silva 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.

Roy Nelson gained a finish with a KO/TKO in round 2, earning finishing bonuses.

Roy Nelson controlled the striking exchanges with 36 vs 27 significant strikes, 54.5% vs 44.3% accuracy, including 1 devastating knockdown. Roy Nelson capitalized on this striking dominance.

Roy Nelson landed 1 knockdown followed by 5 ground strikes. Few ground strikes after a knockdown do not qualify for major ground ELO bonus.

Roy Nelson demonstrated excellent fighting frequency with 79 days since his last fight, earning a solid activity bonus for maintaining rhythm. As the winner, Roy Nelson capitalized on this activity level, while Antonio Silva's 139-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Roy Nelson started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Antonio Silva is back at 0 with this loss.

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