Elves Brener vs Josiah Harrell

Elves Brener's 5-fight experience advantage (7 vs 2 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Elves Brener for the expected result. Had Josiah Harrell 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.

Elves Brener earned an early finish with a KO/TKO in round 1 at 4:14, gaining additional bonuses for the first-round stoppage.

Elves Brener controlled the striking exchanges with 25 vs 9 significant strikes, 69.4% vs 42.9% accuracy, including 1 devastating knockdown. Elves Brener capitalized on this striking dominance.

Elves Brener landed 1 knockdown followed by 3 ground strikes. Few ground strikes after a knockdown do not qualify for major ground ELO bonus.

Elves Brener demonstrated extended layoff with 420 days since his last fight, earning reduced bonuses due to inactivity rust. As the winner, Elves Brener capitalized on this activity level, while Josiah Harrell's 217-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Elves Brener started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Josiah Harrell is back at 0 with this loss.

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