John Alessio vs Thiago Alves

Thiago Alves's 2-fight experience advantage (5 vs 3 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Thiago Alves for the expected result. Had John Alessio 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.

Thiago Alves 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.

Thiago Alves dominated the striking exchanges with 84 vs 18 total strikes, 63 vs 13 significant strikes, 44.4% vs 15.9% accuracy. Thiago Alves capitalized on this striking dominance.

Thiago Alves did not secure a significant ground advantage against John Alessio on the ground with 0 takedowns, 1:16 of control time, 7 ground strikes, with almost no grappling bonus.

Thiago Alves demonstrated solid activity levels with 104 days since his last fight, earning a moderate activity bonus for consistent scheduling. As the winner, Thiago Alves capitalized on this activity level, while John Alessio's 136-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Thiago Alves started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. John Alessio is back at 0 with this loss.

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