Kevin Holland vs Thiago Santos

Thiago Santos's 14-fight experience advantage (15 vs 1 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Thiago Santos for the expected result. Had Kevin Holland 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.

Thiago 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.

Thiago Santos controlled the striking exchanges with 69 vs 31 significant strikes, 45.1% vs 56.4% accuracy. Thiago Santos capitalized on this striking dominance.

Thiago Santos controlled Kevin Holland on the ground with 3 vs 0 takedowns, 9:37 of control time, 47 ground strikes, earning substantial ground ELO bonuses.

Thiago Santos demonstrated solid activity levels with 105 days since his last fight, earning a moderate activity bonus for consistent scheduling. As the winner, Thiago Santos capitalized on this activity level, while Kevin Holland's null-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Thiago Santos started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Kevin Holland is back at 0 with this loss.

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