Fares Ziam vs Nazim Sadykhov

Fares Ziam's 4-fight experience advantage (10 vs 6 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Fares Ziam for the expected result. Had Nazim Sadykhov 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.

Fares Ziam gained a finish with a KO/TKO in round 2, earning finishing bonuses.

Fares Ziam dominated the striking exchanges with 76 vs 7 total strikes, 31 vs 4 significant strikes, 63.3% vs 25.0% accuracy, including 1 devastating knockdown. Fares Ziam capitalized on this striking dominance.

Fares Ziam landed 1 knockdown followed by 9 ground strikes. Few ground strikes after a knockdown do not qualify for major ground ELO bonus.

Fares Ziam demonstrated standard activity with 308 days since his last fight, earning no activity bonus. As the winner, Fares Ziam capitalized on this activity level, while Nazim Sadykhov's 168-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Fares Ziam continued building serious momentum with a 6-fight win streak, earning a strong bonus as streak bonuses escalate. Nazim Sadykhov's now at 0.

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