Irene Aldana vs Leslie Smith

Leslie Smith's 5-fight experience advantage (6 vs 1 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Leslie Smith for the expected result. Had Irene Aldana pulled off the upset, her 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.

Leslie Smith 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.

Leslie Smith dominated the striking exchanges with 172 vs 108 total strikes, 169 vs 108 significant strikes, including 1 devastating knockdown. Leslie Smith capitalized on this striking dominance.

Leslie Smith landed 1 knockdown followed by 6 ground strikes. Few ground strikes after a knockdown do not qualify for major ground ELO bonus.

Leslie Smith demonstrated standard activity with 218 days since her last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Leslie Smith capitalized on this activity level, while Irene Aldana's null-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Leslie Smith started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Irene Aldana is back at 0 with this loss.

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