CB Dollaway vs Nate Marquardt

Nate Marquardt's 3-fight experience advantage (20 vs 17 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Nate Marquardt for the expected result. Had CB Dollaway 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.

Nate Marquardt gained a finish with a KO/TKO in round 2, earning finishing bonuses.

Nate Marquardt controlled the striking exchanges with 59.3% vs 42.9% accuracy, including 1 devastating knockdown. Nate Marquardt capitalized on this striking dominance.

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

Nate Marquardt demonstrated standard activity with 190 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Nate Marquardt capitalized on this activity level, while CB Dollaway's 239-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Nate Marquardt started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. CB Dollaway is back at 0 with this loss.

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