Karo Parisyan vs Nick Thompson

Karo Parisyan's 4-fight experience advantage (6 vs 2 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Karo Parisyan for the expected result. Had Nick Thompson 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.

Karo Parisyan earned an early finish with a KO/TKO in round 1 at 4:44, gaining additional bonuses for the first-round stoppage.

Karo Parisyan controlled the striking exchanges with 18 vs 2 significant strikes, 60.0% vs 28.6% accuracy. Karo Parisyan capitalized on this striking dominance.

Karo Parisyan controlled Nick Thompson on the ground with 2 vs 1 takedowns, 4:03 of control time, 17 ground strikes, earning substantial ground ELO bonuses.

Karo Parisyan demonstrated standard activity with 315 days since his last fight, earning no activity bonus. As the winner, Karo Parisyan capitalized on this activity level, while Nick Thompson's 147-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Karo Parisyan extended his 4-fight win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Nick Thompson is back at 0 with this loss.

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