Luana Pinheiro vs Tecia Pennington

Tecia Pennington's 11-fight experience advantage (18 vs 7 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Tecia Pennington for the expected result. Had Luana Pinheiro pulled off the upset, her 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.

Tecia Pennington 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.

Tecia Pennington controlled the striking exchanges with 78 vs 46 total strikes, 63 vs 40 significant strikes, 49.6% vs 36.4% accuracy. Tecia Pennington capitalized on this striking dominance.

Tecia Pennington did not secure a significant ground advantage against Luana Pinheiro on the ground with 0 takedowns, 0:44 of control time, with almost no grappling bonus.

Tecia Pennington demonstrated standard activity with 224 days since her last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Tecia Pennington capitalized on this activity level, while Luana Pinheiro's 189-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Tecia Pennington extended her 2-fight win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Luana Pinheiro is back at 0 with this loss.

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