Junior Dos Santos vs Roy Nelson

Junior Dos Santos's 3-fight experience advantage (6 vs 3 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Junior Dos Santos for the expected result. Had Roy Nelson 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.

Junior Dos Santos 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.

Junior Dos Santos dominated the striking exchanges with 138 vs 40 total strikes, 130 vs 40 significant strikes, including 1 devastating knockdown. Junior Dos Santos capitalized on this striking dominance.

Junior Dos Santos landed 1 knockdown followed by 1 ground strike. Few ground strikes after a knockdown do not qualify for major ground ELO bonus.

Junior Dos Santos demonstrated solid activity levels with 139 days since his last fight, earning a moderate activity bonus for consistent scheduling. As the winner, Junior Dos Santos capitalized on this activity level, while Roy Nelson's 129-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Junior Dos Santos continued building serious momentum with a 6-fight win streak, earning a strong bonus as streak bonuses escalate. Roy Nelson's now at 0.

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