Cortney Casey vs Joanne Wood

Joanne Wood's 2-fight experience advantage (3 vs 1 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Joanne Wood for the expected result. Had Cortney Casey pulled off the upset, her 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.

Joanne Wood 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.

Joanne Wood dominated the striking exchanges with 227 vs 106 total strikes, 90 vs 57 significant strikes, including 1 devastating knockdown. Joanne Wood capitalized on this striking dominance.

Joanne Wood landed 1 knockdown followed by 14 ground strikes. Few ground strikes after a knockdown do not qualify for major ground ELO bonus.

Joanne Wood demonstrated solid activity levels with 98 days since her last fight, earning a moderate activity bonus for consistent scheduling. As the winner, Joanne Wood capitalized on this activity level, while Cortney Casey's null-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Joanne Wood started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Cortney Casey is back at 0 with this loss.

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