Dennis Buzukja vs Sean Woodson

Sean Woodson's 5-fight experience advantage (6 vs 1 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Sean Woodson for the expected result. Had Dennis Buzukja 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.

Sean Woodson 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.

Sean Woodson dominated the striking exchanges with 163 vs 46 total strikes, 71 vs 42 significant strikes, 56.3% vs 36.2% accuracy. Sean Woodson capitalized on this striking dominance.

Sean Woodson controlled Dennis Buzukja on the ground with 4 vs 0 takedowns, 5:52 of control time, 2 ground strikes, earning substantial ground ELO bonuses.

Sean Woodson demonstrated standard activity with 350 days since his last fight, earning no activity bonus. As the winner, Sean Woodson capitalized on this activity level, while Dennis Buzukja's null-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Sean Woodson started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Dennis Buzukja is back at 0 with this loss.

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