Aspen Ladd vs Raquel Pennington

Raquel Pennington's 9-fight experience advantage (16 vs 7 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Raquel Pennington for the expected result. Had Aspen Ladd pulled off the upset, her 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.

Raquel Pennington 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.

Raquel Pennington controlled the striking exchanges with 136 vs 102 total strikes, 114 vs 65 significant strikes, 58.5% vs 40.6% accuracy. Raquel Pennington capitalized on this striking dominance.

Raquel Pennington did not secure a significant ground advantage against Aspen Ladd on the ground with 0 takedowns, 1:42 of control time, with almost no grappling bonus.

Raquel Pennington demonstrated solid activity levels with 112 days since her last fight, earning a moderate activity bonus for consistent scheduling. As the winner, Raquel Pennington capitalized on this activity level, while Aspen Ladd's 175-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Raquel Pennington extended her 4-fight win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Aspen Ladd is back at 0 with this loss.

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