Benoit Saint Denis vs Dustin Poirier

Dustin Poirier's 23-fight experience advantage (30 vs 7 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Dustin Poirier for the expected result. Had Benoit Saint Denis 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.

Dustin Poirier gained a finish with a KO/TKO in round 2, earning finishing bonuses.

Benoit Saint Denis controlled the striking through overwhelming volume (69 vs 30 total strikes), significant strike advantage (50 vs 28), superior accuracy (67.6% vs 82.4%). However, since Benoit Saint Denis lost the overall fight, his striking superiority couldn't be converted into ELO bonuses. Dustin Poirier's positive striking ELO reflects the overall victory rather than striking dominance.

Dustin Poirier landed 1 knockdown followed by 1 ground strike. Few ground strikes after a knockdown do not qualify for major ground ELO bonus.

Dustin Poirier demonstrated standard activity with 225 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Dustin Poirier capitalized on this activity level, while Benoit Saint Denis's 119-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Dustin Poirier started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Benoit Saint Denis is back at 0 with this loss.

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