Nate Marquardt vs Rousimar Palhares

Nate Marquardt's 6-fight experience advantage (12 vs 6 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Nate Marquardt for the expected result. Had Rousimar Palhares 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.

Nate Marquardt earned an early finish with a KO/TKO in round 1 at 3:28, gaining additional bonuses for the first-round stoppage.

Nate Marquardt edged the striking exchanges with 13 vs 1 significant strikes, 37.1% vs 16.7% accuracy. Nate Marquardt capitalized on this striking dominance.

Nate Marquardt controlled Rousimar Palhares on the ground with 0:17 of control time, 9 ground strikes, earning substantial ground ELO bonuses.

Nate Marquardt demonstrated standard activity with 221 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Nate Marquardt capitalized on this activity level, while Rousimar Palhares's 172-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Nate Marquardt started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Rousimar Palhares is back at 0 with this loss.

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