Max Holloway vs Will Chope

Max Holloway's 6-fight experience advantage (7 vs 1 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Max Holloway for the expected result. Had Will Chope 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.

Max Holloway gained a finish with a KO/TKO in round 2, earning finishing bonuses.

Max Holloway dominated the striking exchanges with 79 vs 34 total strikes, 74 vs 33 significant strikes, 53.2% vs 27.3% accuracy, including 2 devastating knockdowns. Max Holloway capitalized on this striking dominance.

Max Holloway landed 2 knockdowns followed by 3 ground strikes. Few ground strikes after a knockdown do not qualify for major ground ELO bonus.

Max Holloway demonstrated solid activity levels with 141 days since his last fight, earning a moderate activity bonus for consistent scheduling. As the winner, Max Holloway capitalized on this activity level, while Will Chope's null-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Max Holloway started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Will Chope is back at 0 with this loss.

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