Kyoji Horiguchi vs Neil Seery

Kyoji Horiguchi's 2-fight experience advantage (7 vs 5 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Kyoji Horiguchi for the expected result. Had Neil Seery 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.

Kyoji Horiguchi 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.

Kyoji Horiguchi dominated the striking exchanges with 83 vs 51 total strikes, 72 vs 40 significant strikes, 49.7% vs 39.6% accuracy, including 2 devastating knockdowns. Kyoji Horiguchi capitalized on this striking dominance.

Kyoji Horiguchi landed 2 knockdowns followed by 10 ground strikes. Few ground strikes after a knockdown do not qualify for major ground ELO bonus.

Kyoji Horiguchi demonstrated standard activity with 225 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Kyoji Horiguchi capitalized on this activity level, while Neil Seery's 197-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Kyoji Horiguchi extended his 2-fight win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Neil Seery is back at 0 with this loss.

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