Jeremy Stephens vs Justin Buchholz

Jeremy Stephens's 4-fight experience advantage (8 vs 4 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Jeremy Stephens for the expected result. Had Justin Buchholz 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.

Jeremy Stephens earned an early finish with a TKO - Doctor's Stoppage in round 1 at 3:23, gaining additional bonuses for the first-round stoppage.

Jeremy Stephens dominated the striking exchanges with 28 vs 9 significant strikes, 56.0% vs 18.4% accuracy, including 2 devastating knockdowns. Jeremy Stephens capitalized on this striking dominance.

Jeremy Stephens landed 2 knockdowns followed by 6 ground strikes. Few ground strikes after a knockdown do not qualify for major ground ELO bonus.

Jeremy Stephens demonstrated solid activity levels with 168 days since his last fight, earning a moderate activity bonus for consistent scheduling. As the winner, Jeremy Stephens capitalized on this activity level, while Justin Buchholz's 95-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Jeremy Stephens started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Justin Buchholz is back at 0 with this loss.

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