Darren Elkins vs Darrick Minner

Darren Elkins's 20-fight experience advantage (24 vs 4 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Darren Elkins for the expected result. Had Darrick Minner 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.

Darren Elkins gained a finish with a KO/TKO in round 2, earning finishing bonuses.

Darren Elkins dominated the striking exchanges with 137 vs 36 total strikes, 66.7% vs 54.3% accuracy. Darren Elkins capitalized on this striking dominance.

Darren Elkins did not secure a significant ground advantage against Darrick Minner on the ground with 1 takedown, 3:01 of control time, 16 ground strikes, with almost no grappling bonus.

Darren Elkins demonstrated standard activity with 259 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Darren Elkins capitalized on this activity level, while Darrick Minner's 154-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Darren Elkins extended his 2-fight win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Darrick Minner is back at 0 with this loss.

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