Austin Vanderford vs Nikolay Veretennikov

February 22, 2025

Catch Weight Bout

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1050
(+50)
Austin Vanderford
Winner: Austin Vanderford
KO/TKO
Round 2 • 4:13

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C-ELO Evolution

Austin Vanderford+50
Nikolay Veretennikov-45
937
(-45)
Nikolay Veretennikov

C-ELO™ Evolution Comparison

Fight Stats & ELO Performance

Experience ELO
ELO Changes
Austin Vanderford: +60Nikolay Veretennikov: -60

Performance Statistics

MetricAustin VanderfordNikolay Veretennikov
Total UFC Fights12
Experience Gap-11
Experience ELO1 060914
ELO Change+60-60
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What Happened

Both fighters entered with identical experience levels (1 fights each). On this fight, close to zero experience-based adjustments were applied.

Title Fight ELO
ELO Changes
Austin Vanderford: +20Nikolay Veretennikov: -20

Performance Statistics

MetricAustin VanderfordNikolay Veretennikov
Title Fight ?NoNo
Title Fight ELO1 020960
ELO Change+20-20
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What Happened

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.

Win Type ELO
ELO Changes
Austin Vanderford: +84Nikolay Veretennikov: -41

Performance Statistics

MetricAustin VanderfordNikolay Veretennikov
Fight OutcomeKO/TKOKO/TKO
Last Round22
Time of Finish4:134:13
Win Type ELO1 084951
ELO Change+84-41
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What Happened

Austin Vanderford gained a finish with a KO/TKO in round 2, earning finishing bonuses.

Striking ELO
ELO Changes
Austin Vanderford: +98Nikolay Veretennikov: -98

Performance Statistics

MetricAustin VanderfordNikolay Veretennikov
Significant Strikes Landed395
Significant Strikes Attempted5219
Total Strikes Landed10221
Knockdowns Scored00
Striking ELO1 098888
ELO Change+98-98
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What Happened

Austin Vanderford dominated the striking exchanges with 102 vs 21 total strikes, 39 vs 5 significant strikes, 75.0% vs 26.3% accuracy. Austin Vanderford capitalized on this striking dominance.

Ground ELO
ELO Changes
Austin Vanderford: +76Nikolay Veretennikov: -76

Performance Statistics

MetricAustin VanderfordNikolay Veretennikov
Takedowns Landed20
Takedowns Attempted40
Ground Control Time7:210:00
Ground Strikes Landed360
Ground ELO1 076904
ELO Change+76-76
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What Happened

Austin Vanderford controlled Nikolay Veretennikov on the ground with 2 vs 0 takedowns, 7:21 of control time, 36 ground strikes, earning substantial ground ELO bonuses.

Activity ELO
ELO Changes
Austin Vanderford: +20Nikolay Veretennikov: -20

Performance Statistics

MetricAustin VanderfordNikolay Veretennikov
Days Since Last FightN/A197
Activity ELO1 020960
ELO Change+20-20
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What Happened

Austin Vanderford demonstrated incredible warrior mentality with a tournament-style turnaround with within null days since his last fight, earning one of the highest possible activity bonuses for the lightning-quick return. As the winner, Austin Vanderford capitalized on this activity level, while Nikolay Veretennikov's 197-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Win Streak ELO
ELO Changes
Austin Vanderford: +22Nikolay Veretennikov: -20

Performance Statistics

MetricAustin VanderfordNikolay Veretennikov
Win Streak10
Win Streak ELO1 022960
ELO Change+22-20
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What Happened

Austin Vanderford started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Nikolay Veretennikov is back at 0 with this loss.

Basic/Category ELO
ELO Changes
Austin Vanderford: +20Nikolay Veretennikov: -20

Performance Statistics

MetricAustin VanderfordNikolay Veretennikov
Weight ClassN/AN/A
Double Championship FightNoNo
Basic/Category ELO1 020960
ELO Change+20-20
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What Happened

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