Boston Salmon vs Randy Costa

Both fighters entered with identical experience levels (2 fights each). On this fight, close to zero experience-based adjustments were applied.

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.

Randy Costa earned an early finish with a KO/TKO in round 1 at 2:15, gaining additional bonuses for the first-round stoppage.

Randy Costa dominated the striking exchanges with 22 vs 12 significant strikes, including 2 devastating knockdowns. Randy Costa capitalized on this striking dominance.

Randy Costa landed 2 knockdowns followed by 3 ground strikes. Few ground strikes after a knockdown do not qualify for major ground ELO bonus.

Randy Costa demonstrated standard activity with 188 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Randy Costa capitalized on this activity level, while Boston Salmon's 188-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Randy Costa started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Boston Salmon is back at 0 with this loss.

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