Kyle Kingsbury vs Tom Lawlor

Both fighters entered with identical experience levels (1 fights each). On this fight, close to zero experience-based adjustments were applied.

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.

Tom Lawlor 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.

Kyle Kingsbury controlled the striking through overwhelming volume (101 vs 70 total strikes), superior accuracy (45.5% vs 63.6%). However, since Kyle Kingsbury lost the overall fight, his striking superiority couldn't be converted into ELO bonuses. Tom Lawlor's positive striking ELO reflects the overall victory rather than striking dominance.

Tom Lawlor dominated Kyle Kingsbury on the ground with 7 vs 0 takedowns, 11:22 of control time, 12 ground strikes, earning massive ground ELO bonuses.

Tom Lawlor demonstrated incredible warrior mentality with a tournament-style turnaround with within null days since his last fight, earning one of the highest possible activity bonuses for the lightning-quick return. As the winner, Tom Lawlor capitalized on this activity level, while Kyle Kingsbury's null-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Tom Lawlor started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Kyle Kingsbury is back at 0 with this loss.

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