Eddie Wineland vs Grigory Popov

Eddie Wineland's 12-fight experience advantage (13 vs 1 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Eddie Wineland for the expected result. Had Grigory Popov 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.

Eddie Wineland gained a finish with a KO/TKO in round 2, earning finishing bonuses.

Eddie Wineland dominated the striking exchanges with 74 vs 55 significant strikes, including 2 devastating knockdowns. Eddie Wineland capitalized on this striking dominance.

Minimal ground action with brief exchanges. The low volume resulted in modest ground adjustments.

Eddie Wineland demonstrated standard activity with 329 days since his last fight, earning no activity bonus. As the winner, Eddie Wineland capitalized on this activity level, while Grigory Popov's null-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Eddie Wineland started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Grigory Popov is back at 0 with this loss.

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