Cung Le vs Wanderlei Silva

Wanderlei Silva's 9-fight experience advantage (10 vs 1 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Wanderlei Silva for the expected result. Had Cung Le 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.

Wanderlei Silva gained a finish with a KO/TKO in round 2, earning finishing bonuses.

Wanderlei Silva controlled the striking exchanges with 43 vs 32 significant strikes, including 1 devastating knockdown. Wanderlei Silva capitalized on this striking dominance.

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

Wanderlei Silva demonstrated solid activity levels with 141 days since his last fight, earning a moderate activity bonus for consistent scheduling. As the winner, Wanderlei Silva capitalized on this activity level, while Cung Le's null-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Wanderlei Silva started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Cung Le is back at 0 with this loss.

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