Gilbert Yvel vs Junior Dos Santos

Junior Dos Santos's 3-fight experience advantage (4 vs 1 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Junior Dos Santos for the expected result. Had Gilbert Yvel 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.

Junior Dos Santos earned an early finish with a KO/TKO in round 1 at 2:07, gaining additional bonuses for the first-round stoppage.

Junior Dos Santos controlled the striking exchanges with 14 vs 3 significant strikes, 42.4% vs 16.7% accuracy, including 1 devastating knockdown. Junior Dos Santos capitalized on this striking dominance.

Minimal ground action with brief exchanges. The low volume resulted in modest ground adjustments.

Junior Dos Santos demonstrated solid activity levels with 106 days since his last fight, earning a moderate activity bonus for consistent scheduling. As the winner, Junior Dos Santos capitalized on this activity level, while Gilbert Yvel's null-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Junior Dos Santos extended his 4-fight win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Gilbert Yvel is back at 0 with this loss.

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