Carls John De Tomas vs Naoki Inoue

Both fighters entered with identical experience levels (1 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.

Naoki Inoue 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.

Naoki Inoue dominated the striking exchanges with 151 vs 53 total strikes, 62 vs 30 significant strikes, 53.4% vs 40.5% accuracy. Naoki Inoue capitalized on this striking dominance.

Naoki Inoue controlled Carls John De Tomas on the ground with 0 takedowns, 8:36 of control time, 20 ground strikes, earning substantial ground ELO bonuses.

Naoki Inoue demonstrated incredible warrior mentality with a tournament-style turnaround with within null days since his last fight, earning one of the highest possible activity bonuses for the lightning-quick return. As the winner, Naoki Inoue capitalized on this activity level, while Carls John De Tomas's null-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Naoki Inoue started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Carls John De Tomas is back at 0 with this loss.

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