Jerry Bohlander vs Nick Sanzo

Jerry Bohlander's 4-fight experience advantage (5 vs 1 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Jerry Bohlander for the expected result. Had Nick Sanzo 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.

Jerry Bohlander locked in a lightning-fast Submission in 0:39 of round 1. This explosive first-minute submission earned substantial bonus rewards.

Virtually no striking took place with only 2 total significant strikes exchanged. Both fighters immediately engaged in grappling, making striking analysis irrelevant to this fight.

Minimal ground action with brief exchanges. The low volume resulted in modest ground adjustments.

Jerry Bohlander demonstrated incredible warrior mentality with a tournament-style turnaround with within 1 day since his last fight, earning one of the highest possible activity bonuses for the lightning-quick return. As the winner, Jerry Bohlander capitalized on this activity level, while Nick Sanzo's null-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Jerry Bohlander extended his 3-fight win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Nick Sanzo is back at 0 with this loss.

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