Fabio Maldonado vs Kyle Kingsbury

Kyle Kingsbury's 3-fight experience advantage (5 vs 2 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Kyle Kingsbury for the expected result. Had Fabio Maldonado 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.

Kyle Kingsbury earned a clear Decision - Unanimous, receiving full decision bonuses for controlling the fight across all rounds. Of course, a finish would have yielded even greater rewards.

Kyle Kingsbury controlled the striking exchanges with 95 vs 78 significant strikes. Kyle Kingsbury capitalized on this striking dominance.

Kyle Kingsbury controlled Fabio Maldonado on the ground with 5 vs 2 takedowns, 2:37 of control time, 3 ground strikes, earning substantial ground ELO bonuses.

Kyle Kingsbury demonstrated solid activity levels with 119 days since his last fight, earning a moderate activity bonus for consistent scheduling. As the winner, Kyle Kingsbury capitalized on this activity level, while Fabio Maldonado's 231-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Kyle Kingsbury extended his 4-fight win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Fabio Maldonado is back at 0 with this loss.

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