Darrell Montague vs Kyoji Horiguchi

Both fighters entered with identical experience levels (2 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.

Kyoji Horiguchi earned a clear Decision - Unanimous, receiving full decision bonuses for controlling the fight across all rounds. Of course, a finish would have yielded even greater rewards.

Kyoji Horiguchi controlled the striking exchanges with 82 vs 35 total strikes, 65 vs 26 significant strikes, 44.2% vs 24.8% accuracy, including 1 devastating knockdown. Kyoji Horiguchi capitalized on this striking dominance.

Kyoji Horiguchi controlled Darrell Montague on the ground with 2 vs 1 takedowns, 2:46 of control time, 24 ground strikes, earning substantial ground ELO bonuses.

Kyoji Horiguchi demonstrated standard activity with 203 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Kyoji Horiguchi capitalized on this activity level, while Darrell Montague's 203-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Kyoji Horiguchi extended his 2-fight 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.