Diego Sanchez vs Marcin Held

Diego Sanchez's 24-fight experience advantage (25 vs 1 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Diego Sanchez for the expected result. Had Marcin Held 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.

Diego Sanchez 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.

Diego Sanchez controlled the striking exchanges with 46 vs 30 significant strikes, 56.8% vs 36.6% accuracy. Diego Sanchez capitalized on this striking dominance.

Diego Sanchez controlled Marcin Held on the ground with 9:15 of control time, 25 ground strikes, earning substantial ground ELO bonuses.

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

Diego Sanchez started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Marcin Held is back at 0 with this loss.

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