Brad Tavares vs Edmen Shahbazyan

Edmen Shahbazyan overcame a 14-fight experience disadvantage (4 vs 18 fights), earning a reward for beating the more seasoned veteran Brad Tavares.

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.

Edmen Shahbazyan earned an early finish with a KO/TKO in round 1 at 2:27, gaining additional bonuses for the first-round stoppage.

Edmen Shahbazyan dominated the striking exchanges with 14 vs 3 significant strikes, 36.8% vs 13.0% accuracy, including 2 devastating knockdowns. Edmen Shahbazyan capitalized on this striking dominance.

Minimal ground action with brief exchanges. The low volume resulted in modest ground adjustments.

Edmen Shahbazyan demonstrated solid activity levels with 120 days since his last fight, earning a moderate activity bonus for consistent scheduling. As the winner, Edmen Shahbazyan capitalized on this activity level, while Brad Tavares's 485-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Edmen Shahbazyan extended his 4-fight win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Brad Tavares is back at 0 with this loss.

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