Jeff Hougland vs Yves Jabouin

Yves Jabouin's 2-fight experience advantage (4 vs 2 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Yves Jabouin for the expected result. Had Jeff Hougland 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.

Yves Jabouin 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.

Yves Jabouin dominated the striking exchanges with 88 vs 30 total strikes, 50 vs 18 significant strikes, 53.8% vs 34.6% accuracy, including 1 devastating knockdown. Yves Jabouin capitalized on this striking dominance.

Yves Jabouin controlled Jeff Hougland on the ground with 5:01 of control time, 19 ground strikes, earning substantial ground ELO bonuses.

Yves Jabouin demonstrated solid activity levels with 157 days since his last fight, earning a moderate activity bonus for consistent scheduling. As the winner, Yves Jabouin capitalized on this activity level, while Jeff Hougland's 318-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Yves Jabouin extended his 3-fight win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Jeff Hougland is back at 0 with this loss.

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