Clifford Starks vs Yoel Romero

Yoel Romero overcame a 2-fight experience disadvantage (1 vs 3 fights), earning a reward for beating the more seasoned veteran Clifford Starks.

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.

Yoel Romero earned an early finish with a KO/TKO in round 1 at 1:32, gaining additional bonuses for the first-round stoppage.

Yoel Romero controlled the striking exchanges with 12 vs 3 significant strikes, 100.0% vs 16.7% accuracy, including 1 devastating knockdown. Yoel Romero capitalized on this striking dominance.

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

Yoel Romero 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, Yoel Romero capitalized on this activity level, while Clifford Starks's 441-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Yoel Romero started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Clifford Starks is back at 0 with this loss.

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