Pat Audinwood vs Thiago Tavares

Thiago Tavares's 8-fight experience advantage (9 vs 1 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Thiago Tavares for the expected result. Had Pat Audinwood 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.

Thiago Tavares earned an early finish with a Submission in round 1 at 3:47, gaining additional bonuses for the first-round submission.

Thiago Tavares controlled the striking exchanges with 50 vs 6 total strikes, 63.6% vs 37.5% accuracy. Thiago Tavares capitalized on this striking dominance.

Thiago Tavares dominated Pat Audinwood on the ground with 2 vs 0 takedowns, 2:58 of control time, 6 ground strikes, earning massive ground ELO bonuses. The submission finish significantly amplified the grappling rewards.

Thiago Tavares demonstrated standard activity with 257 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Thiago Tavares capitalized on this activity level, while Pat Audinwood's null-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Thiago Tavares started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Pat Audinwood is back at 0 with this loss.

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