Junior Tafa vs Marcos Rogerio de Lima

Marcos Rogerio de Lima's 15-fight experience advantage (18 vs 3 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Marcos Rogerio de Lima for the expected result. Had Junior Tafa 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.

Marcos Rogerio de Lima gained a finish with a KO/TKO in round 2, earning finishing bonuses.

Marcos Rogerio de Lima controlled the striking exchanges with 63 vs 17 total strikes, 33 vs 11 significant strikes, 71.7% vs 40.7% accuracy, including 1 devastating knockdown. Marcos Rogerio de Lima capitalized on this striking dominance.

Marcos Rogerio de Lima landed 1 knockdown followed by 10 ground strikes. Few ground strikes after a knockdown do not qualify for major ground ELO bonus.

Marcos Rogerio de Lima demonstrated standard activity with 204 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Marcos Rogerio de Lima capitalized on this activity level, while Junior Tafa's 176-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Marcos Rogerio de Lima started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Junior Tafa is back at 0 with this loss.

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