James Wilks vs Matt Brown

Matt Brown's 3-fight experience advantage (5 vs 2 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Matt Brown for the expected result. Had James Wilks 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.

Matt Brown gained a finish with a KO/TKO in round 3, earning finishing bonuses.

Matt Brown controlled the striking exchanges with 45 vs 19 significant strikes, 60.0% vs 35.8% accuracy, including 1 devastating knockdown. Matt Brown capitalized on this striking dominance.

Matt Brown did not secure a significant ground advantage against James Wilks on the ground with 0 takedowns, 2:45 of control time, 19 ground strikes, with almost no grappling bonus.

Matt Brown demonstrated standard activity with 252 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Matt Brown capitalized on this activity level, while James Wilks's 148-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Matt Brown extended his 3-fight win streak, earning a momentum bonus. James Wilks is back at 0 with this loss.

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