Rafaello Oliveira vs Yves Edwards

Yves Edwards's 9-fight experience advantage (14 vs 5 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Yves Edwards for the expected result. Had Rafaello Oliveira 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.

Yves Edwards gained a finish with a KO/TKO in round 2, earning finishing bonuses.

Yves Edwards dominated the striking exchanges with 55 vs 28 total strikes, 42 vs 22 significant strikes, 38.9% vs 18.8% accuracy, including 2 devastating knockdowns. Yves Edwards capitalized on this striking dominance.

Yves Edwards landed 2 knockdowns followed by 12 ground strikes. Few ground strikes after a knockdown do not qualify for major ground ELO bonus.

Yves Edwards demonstrated solid activity levels with 112 days since his last fight, earning a moderate activity bonus for consistent scheduling. As the winner, Yves Edwards capitalized on this activity level, while Rafaello Oliveira's 126-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Yves Edwards started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Rafaello Oliveira is back at 0 with this loss.

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