John Castaneda vs Nathaniel Wood

Nathaniel Wood's 4-fight experience advantage (5 vs 1 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Nathaniel Wood for the expected result. Had John Castaneda 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.

Nathaniel Wood 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.

Nathaniel Wood dominated the striking exchanges with 136 vs 66 total strikes, 131 vs 55 significant strikes, 56.5% vs 42.3% accuracy. Nathaniel Wood capitalized on this striking dominance.

Nathaniel Wood did not secure a significant ground advantage against John Castaneda on the ground with 1 vs 0 takedowns, 0:49 of control time, with almost no grappling bonus.

Nathaniel Wood demonstrated solid activity levels with 161 days since his last fight, earning a moderate activity bonus for consistent scheduling. As the winner, Nathaniel Wood capitalized on this activity level, while John Castaneda's null-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Nathaniel Wood started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. John Castaneda is back at 0 with this loss.

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