Dan Moret vs Gilbert Burns

Gilbert Burns's 7-fight experience advantage (8 vs 1 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Gilbert Burns for the expected result. Had Dan Moret 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.

Gilbert Burns gained a finish with a KO/TKO in round 2, earning finishing bonuses.

Gilbert Burns controlled the striking exchanges with 31 vs 20 significant strikes, 47.7% vs 34.5% accuracy, including 1 devastating knockdown. Gilbert Burns capitalized on this striking dominance.

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

Gilbert Burns demonstrated standard activity with 210 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Gilbert Burns capitalized on this activity level, while Dan Moret's null-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Gilbert Burns extended his 2-fight win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Dan Moret is back at 0 with this loss.

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