Blake Bilder vs Kyle Nelson

Kyle Nelson's 5-fight experience advantage (7 vs 2 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Kyle Nelson for the expected result. Had Blake Bilder 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.

Kyle Nelson 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.

Kyle Nelson edged the striking exchanges with 59 vs 45 significant strikes, 46.8% vs 37.5% accuracy. Kyle Nelson capitalized on this striking dominance.

Kyle Nelson did not secure a significant ground advantage against Blake Bilder on the ground with 2:21 of control time, with almost no grappling bonus.

Kyle Nelson demonstrated solid activity levels with 126 days since his last fight, earning a moderate activity bonus for consistent scheduling. As the winner, Kyle Nelson capitalized on this activity level, while Blake Bilder's 119-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Kyle Nelson started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Blake Bilder is back at 0 with this loss.

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