Dan Stittgen vs Stephen Thompson

Both fighters entered with identical experience levels (1 fights each). On this fight, close to zero experience-based adjustments were applied.

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.

Stephen Thompson earned an early finish with a KO/TKO in round 1 at 4:13, gaining additional bonuses for the first-round stoppage.

Stephen Thompson controlled the striking exchanges with 22 vs 8 significant strikes, 57.9% vs 36.4% accuracy, including 1 devastating knockdown. Stephen Thompson capitalized on this striking dominance.

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

Stephen Thompson 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, Stephen Thompson capitalized on this activity level, while Dan Stittgen's null-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Stephen Thompson started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Dan Stittgen is back at 0 with this loss.

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