Rafael Cavalcante vs Thiago Silva

Thiago Silva's 10-fight experience advantage (11 vs 1 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Thiago Silva for the expected result. Had Rafael Cavalcante 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 Silva earned an early finish with a KO/TKO in round 1 at 4:29, gaining additional bonuses for the first-round stoppage.

Thiago Silva controlled the striking exchanges with 37 vs 24 significant strikes, 49.3% vs 39.3% accuracy, including 1 devastating knockdown. Thiago Silva capitalized on this striking dominance.

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

Thiago Silva demonstrated standard activity with 210 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Thiago Silva capitalized on this activity level, while Rafael Cavalcante's null-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Thiago Silva started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Rafael Cavalcante is back at 0 with this loss.

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