Dan Hooker vs Edson Barboza

Edson Barboza's 9-fight experience advantage (20 vs 11 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Edson Barboza for the expected result. Had Dan Hooker 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.

Edson Barboza gained a finish with a KO/TKO in round 3, earning finishing bonuses.

Edson Barboza controlled the striking exchanges with 126 vs 81 significant strikes, 55.8% vs 39.7% accuracy, including 1 devastating knockdown. Edson Barboza capitalized on this striking dominance.

Edson Barboza did not secure a significant ground advantage against Dan Hooker on the ground with 1:43 of control time, with almost no grappling bonus.

Edson Barboza demonstrated standard activity with 239 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Edson Barboza capitalized on this activity level, while Dan Hooker's 162-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Edson Barboza started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Dan Hooker is back at 0 with this loss.

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