Gian Villante vs Saparbeg Safarov

Gian Villante's 8-fight experience advantage (9 vs 1 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Gian Villante for the expected result. Had Saparbeg Safarov 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.

Gian Villante gained a finish with a KO/TKO in round 2, earning finishing bonuses.

Gian Villante controlled the striking exchanges with 73 vs 37 total strikes, 60 vs 37 significant strikes, 55.6% vs 28.2% accuracy, including 1 devastating knockdown. Gian Villante capitalized on this striking dominance.

Gian Villante landed 1 knockdown followed by 10 ground strikes. Few ground strikes after a knockdown do not qualify for major ground ELO bonus.

Gian Villante demonstrated standard activity with 279 days since his last fight, earning no activity bonus. As the winner, Gian Villante capitalized on this activity level, while Saparbeg Safarov's null-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Gian Villante started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Saparbeg Safarov is back at 0 with this loss.

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