Matt Serra vs Shonie Carter

Shonie Carter's 2-fight experience advantage (3 vs 1 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Shonie Carter for the expected result. Had Matt Serra 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.

Shonie Carter gained a finish with a KO/TKO in round 3, earning finishing bonuses.

Shonie Carter dominated the striking exchanges with 49 vs 27 total strikes, 18 vs 10 significant strikes, 54.5% vs 40.0% accuracy, including 2 devastating knockdowns. Shonie Carter capitalized on this striking dominance.

Shonie Carter landed 2 knockdowns followed by 2 ground strikes. Few ground strikes after a knockdown do not qualify for major ground ELO bonus.

Shonie Carter demonstrated standard activity with 329 days since his last fight, earning no activity bonus. As the winner, Shonie Carter capitalized on this activity level, while Matt Serra's null-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Shonie Carter extended his 3-fight win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Matt Serra is back at 0 with this loss.

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