David Loiseau vs Ed Herman

Both fighters entered with identical experience levels (8 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.

Ed Herman 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.

Ed Herman dominated the striking exchanges with 189 vs 8 total strikes, 71 vs 6 significant strikes, 84.5% vs 37.5% accuracy. Ed Herman capitalized on this striking dominance.

Ed Herman dominated David Loiseau on the ground with 5 vs 0 takedowns, 11:55 of control time, 53 ground strikes, earning massive ground ELO bonuses.

Ed Herman demonstrated standard activity with 213 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Ed Herman capitalized on this activity level, while David Loiseau's 938-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Ed Herman started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. David Loiseau is back at 0 with this loss.

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