Diego Brandao vs Dustin Poirier

Dustin Poirier's 3-fight experience advantage (9 vs 6 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Dustin Poirier for the expected result. Had Diego Brandao 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.

Dustin Poirier earned an early finish with a KO/TKO in round 1 at 4:54, gaining additional bonuses for the first-round stoppage.

Dustin Poirier controlled the striking exchanges with 48 vs 17 total strikes, 44 vs 16 significant strikes, 50.6% vs 33.3% accuracy, including 1 devastating knockdown. Dustin Poirier capitalized on this striking dominance.

Dustin Poirier landed 1 knockdown followed by 6 ground strikes. Few ground strikes after a knockdown do not qualify for major ground ELO bonus.

Dustin Poirier demonstrated solid activity levels with 120 days since his last fight, earning a moderate activity bonus for consistent scheduling. As the winner, Dustin Poirier capitalized on this activity level, while Diego Brandao's 134-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Dustin Poirier extended his 2-fight win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Diego Brandao is back at 0 with this loss.

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