Quinn Mulhern vs Rick Story

Rick Story's 11-fight experience advantage (12 vs 1 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Rick Story for the expected result. Had Quinn Mulhern 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.

Rick Story earned an early finish with a KO/TKO in round 1 at 3:05, gaining additional bonuses for the first-round stoppage.

Rick Story controlled the striking exchanges with 20 vs 9 significant strikes, 40.8% vs 18.0% accuracy, including 1 devastating knockdown. Rick Story capitalized on this striking dominance.

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

Rick Story demonstrated solid activity levels with 155 days since his last fight, earning a moderate activity bonus for consistent scheduling. As the winner, Rick Story capitalized on this activity level, while Quinn Mulhern's null-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Rick Story started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Quinn Mulhern is back at 0 with this loss.

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