Eric McConico vs Nursulton Ruziboev

Nursulton Ruziboev's 3-fight experience advantage (4 vs 1 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Nursulton Ruziboev for the expected result. Had Eric McConico 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.

Nursulton Ruziboev gained a finish with a KO/TKO in round 2, earning finishing bonuses.

Nursulton Ruziboev dominated the striking exchanges with 20 vs 5 significant strikes, 47.6% vs 38.5% accuracy, including 2 devastating knockdowns. Nursulton Ruziboev capitalized on this striking dominance.

Nursulton Ruziboev landed 2 knockdowns followed by 1 ground strike. Few ground strikes after a knockdown do not qualify for major ground ELO bonus.

Nursulton Ruziboev demonstrated standard activity with 288 days since his last fight, earning no activity bonus. As the winner, Nursulton Ruziboev capitalized on this activity level, while Eric McConico's null-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Nursulton Ruziboev started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Eric McConico is back at 0 with this loss.

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