Mike Brown vs Nam Phan

Mike Brown's 2-fight experience advantage (4 vs 2 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Mike Brown for the expected result. Had Nam Phan 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.

Mike Brown 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.

Mike Brown dominated the striking exchanges with 138 vs 51 total strikes, 60 vs 38 significant strikes, 48.8% vs 31.7% accuracy. Mike Brown capitalized on this striking dominance.

Mike Brown dominated Nam Phan on the ground with 5 vs 0 takedowns, 8:37 of control time, 29 ground strikes, earning massive ground ELO bonuses.

Mike Brown demonstrated standard activity with 196 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Mike Brown capitalized on this activity level, while Nam Phan's 245-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Mike Brown started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Nam Phan is back at 0 with this loss.

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