Edson Barboza vs Lucas Martins

Edson Barboza's 5-fight experience advantage (6 vs 1 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Edson Barboza for the expected result. Had Lucas Martins 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.

Edson Barboza earned an early finish with a KO/TKO in round 1 at 2:38, gaining additional bonuses for the first-round stoppage.

Edson Barboza controlled the striking exchanges with 26 vs 12 significant strikes, 57.8% vs 38.7% accuracy, including 1 devastating knockdown. Edson Barboza capitalized on this striking dominance.

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

Edson Barboza demonstrated standard activity with 239 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Edson Barboza capitalized on this activity level, while Lucas Martins's null-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Edson Barboza started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Lucas Martins is back at 0 with this loss.

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