Dustin Poirier vs Yancy Medeiros

Dustin Poirier's 7-fight experience advantage (13 vs 6 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Dustin Poirier for the expected result. Had Yancy Medeiros 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 2:38, gaining additional bonuses for the first-round stoppage.

Dustin Poirier dominated the striking exchanges with 36 vs 6 total strikes, 27 vs 6 significant strikes, 75.0% vs 46.2% accuracy, including 2 devastating knockdowns. Dustin Poirier capitalized on this striking dominance.

Dustin Poirier landed 2 knockdowns followed by 3 ground strikes. Few ground strikes after a knockdown do not qualify for major ground ELO bonus.

Dustin Poirier demonstrated excellent fighting frequency with 63 days since his last fight, earning a solid activity bonus for maintaining rhythm. As the winner, Dustin Poirier capitalized on this activity level, while Yancy Medeiros's 176-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. Yancy Medeiros is back at 0 with this loss.

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