Darrell Montague vs John Dodson

John Dodson's 4-fight experience advantage (5 vs 1 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding John Dodson for the expected result. Had Darrell Montague 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.

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

John Dodson dominated the striking exchanges with 28 vs 10 significant strikes, 49.1% vs 27.0% accuracy, including 2 devastating knockdowns. John Dodson capitalized on this striking dominance.

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

John Dodson demonstrated standard activity with 266 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, John Dodson capitalized on this activity level, while Darrell Montague's null-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

John Dodson started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Darrell Montague is back at 0 with this loss.

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