Jared Gordon vs Mark Madsen

Jared Gordon's 8-fight experience advantage (14 vs 6 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Jared Gordon for the expected result. Had Mark Madsen 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.

Jared Gordon earned an early finish with a KO/TKO in round 1 at 4:42, gaining additional bonuses for the first-round stoppage.

Jared Gordon controlled the striking exchanges, including 1 devastating knockdown. Jared Gordon capitalized on this striking dominance.

Jared Gordon landed 1 knockdown followed by 4 ground strikes. Few ground strikes after a knockdown do not qualify for major ground ELO bonus.

Jared Gordon demonstrated standard activity with 204 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Jared Gordon capitalized on this activity level, while Mark Madsen's 371-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Jared Gordon started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Mark Madsen is back at 0 with this loss.

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