Richard Walsh vs Steve Kennedy

Richard Walsh's 2-fight experience advantage (4 vs 2 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Richard Walsh for the expected result. Had Steve Kennedy 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.

Richard Walsh earned a clear Decision - Unanimous, receiving full decision bonuses for controlling the fight across all rounds. Of course, a finish would have yielded even greater rewards.

Richard Walsh dominated the striking exchanges with 132 vs 61 total strikes, 93 vs 38 significant strikes, 54.7% vs 37.3% accuracy. Richard Walsh capitalized on this striking dominance.

Richard Walsh edged out Steve Kennedy on the ground with 0 takedowns, 4:28 of control time, 33 ground strikes, earning solid ground ELO bonuses.

Richard Walsh demonstrated standard activity with 259 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Richard Walsh capitalized on this activity level, while Steve Kennedy's 148-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Richard Walsh started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Steve Kennedy is back at 0 with this loss.

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