Gilbert Melendez vs Jeremy Stephens

Jeremy Stephens's 20-fight experience advantage (26 vs 6 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Jeremy Stephens for the expected result. Had Gilbert Melendez 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.

Jeremy Stephens 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.

Jeremy Stephens dominated the striking exchanges with 101 vs 30 total strikes, 96 vs 29 significant strikes, 38.4% vs 22.5% accuracy, including 5 devastating knockdowns. Jeremy Stephens capitalized on this striking dominance.

Jeremy Stephens landed 5 knockdowns followed by 10 ground strikes. Few ground strikes after a knockdown do not qualify for major ground ELO bonus.

Jeremy Stephens demonstrated solid activity levels with 147 days since his last fight, earning a moderate activity bonus for consistent scheduling. As the winner, Jeremy Stephens capitalized on this activity level, while Gilbert Melendez's 413-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Jeremy Stephens started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Gilbert Melendez is back at 0 with this loss.

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