John Howard vs Matt Brown

Matt Brown's 2-fight experience advantage (9 vs 7 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Matt Brown for the expected result. Had John Howard 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.

Matt Brown 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.

Matt Brown dominated the striking exchanges with 96 vs 29 total strikes, 38 vs 20 significant strikes, 45.8% vs 57.1% accuracy. Matt Brown capitalized on this striking dominance.

Matt Brown edged out John Howard on the ground with 3 takedowns, 3:34 of control time, 3 ground strikes, earning solid ground ELO bonuses.

Matt Brown demonstrated standard activity with 218 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Matt Brown capitalized on this activity level, while John Howard's 197-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Matt Brown started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. John Howard is back at 0 with this loss.

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