Muin Gafurov vs Said Nurmagomedov

Said Nurmagomedov's 7-fight experience advantage (9 vs 2 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Said Nurmagomedov for the expected result. Had Muin Gafurov 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.

Said Nurmagomedov earned an early finish with a Submission in round 1 at 1:13, gaining additional bonuses for the first-round submission.

Said Nurmagomedov slightly outperformed the striking exchanges with 45.5% vs 33.3% accuracy. Said Nurmagomedov capitalized on this striking dominance.

Minimal ground action with brief exchanges. The low volume resulted in modest ground adjustments.

Said Nurmagomedov demonstrated standard activity with 224 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Said Nurmagomedov capitalized on this activity level, while Muin Gafurov's 140-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Said Nurmagomedov started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Muin Gafurov is back at 0 with this loss.

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