Richie Hightower vs Troy Mandaloniz

Both fighters entered with identical experience levels (1 fights each). On this fight, close to zero experience-based adjustments were applied.

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.

Troy Mandaloniz earned an early finish with a KO/TKO in round 1 at 4:20, gaining additional bonuses for the first-round stoppage.

Troy Mandaloniz controlled the striking exchanges with 30 vs 20 significant strikes, 78.9% vs 35.7% accuracy, including 1 devastating knockdown. Troy Mandaloniz capitalized on this striking dominance.

Troy Mandaloniz landed 1 knockdown followed by 3 ground strikes. Few ground strikes after a knockdown do not qualify for major ground ELO bonus.

Troy Mandaloniz demonstrated incredible warrior mentality with a tournament-style turnaround with within null days since his last fight, earning one of the highest possible activity bonuses for the lightning-quick return. As the winner, Troy Mandaloniz capitalized on this activity level, while Richie Hightower's null-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Troy Mandaloniz started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Richie Hightower is back at 0 with this loss.

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