Brad Pickett vs Urijah Faber

Urijah Faber's 4-fight experience advantage (16 vs 12 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Urijah Faber for the expected result. Had Brad Pickett 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.

Urijah Faber 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.

Urijah Faber dominated the striking exchanges with 89 vs 20 total strikes, 70 vs 18 significant strikes, 55.6% vs 27.7% accuracy, including 1 devastating knockdown. Urijah Faber capitalized on this striking dominance.

Urijah Faber dominated Brad Pickett on the ground with 5 vs 1 takedowns, 6:21 of control time, 39 ground strikes, earning massive ground ELO bonuses.

Urijah Faber demonstrated solid activity levels with 99 days since his last fight, earning a moderate activity bonus for consistent scheduling. As the winner, Urijah Faber capitalized on this activity level, while Brad Pickett's 71-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Urijah Faber started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Brad Pickett is back at 0 with this loss.

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