Cheick Kongo vs Pat Barry

Cheick Kongo's 8-fight experience advantage (14 vs 6 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Cheick Kongo for the expected result. Had Pat Barry 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 2:39, gaining additional bonuses for the first-round stoppage.

Pat Barry controlled the striking through superior accuracy (50.0% vs 62.5%), 2 knockdowns. However, since Pat Barry lost the overall fight, his striking superiority couldn't be converted into ELO bonuses. Cheick Kongo's positive striking ELO reflects the overall victory rather than striking dominance.

Cheick Kongo landed 1 knockdown followed by 2 ground strikes. Few ground strikes after a knockdown do not qualify for major ground ELO bonus.

Cheick Kongo demonstrated standard activity with 253 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Cheick Kongo capitalized on this activity level, while Pat Barry's 155-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. Pat Barry is back at 0 with this loss.

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