Cheick Kongo vs Dan Evensen

Cheick Kongo's 6-fight experience advantage (7 vs 1 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Cheick Kongo for the expected result. Had Dan Evensen 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.

Cheick Kongo earned an early finish with a KO/TKO in round 1 at 4:55, gaining additional bonuses for the first-round stoppage.

Cheick Kongo controlled the striking exchanges with 38 vs 3 total strikes, 23 vs 2 significant strikes, 67.6% vs 22.2% accuracy, including 1 devastating knockdown. Cheick Kongo capitalized on this striking dominance.

Cheick Kongo landed 1 knockdown followed by 12 ground strikes. Few ground strikes after a knockdown do not qualify for major ground ELO bonus.

Cheick Kongo demonstrated solid activity levels with 161 days since his last fight, earning a moderate activity bonus for consistent scheduling. As the winner, Cheick Kongo capitalized on this activity level, while Dan Evensen's null-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Cheick Kongo started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Dan Evensen is back at 0 with this loss.

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