Ben Wall vs Justin Salas

Justin Salas's 3-fight experience advantage (5 vs 2 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Justin Salas for the expected result. Had Ben Wall 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.

Justin Salas earned an early finish with a KO/TKO in round 1 at 2:41, gaining additional bonuses for the first-round stoppage.

Justin Salas controlled the striking exchanges with 20 vs 4 significant strikes, 76.9% vs 28.6% accuracy, including 1 devastating knockdown. Justin Salas capitalized on this striking dominance.

Justin Salas landed 1 knockdown followed by 6 ground strikes. Few ground strikes after a knockdown do not qualify for major ground ELO bonus.

Justin Salas demonstrated standard activity with 182 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Justin Salas capitalized on this activity level, while Ben Wall's 155-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Justin Salas started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Ben Wall is back at 0 with this loss.

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