Sam Alvey vs Tom Watson

Tom Watson's 4-fight experience advantage (5 vs 1 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Tom Watson for the expected result. Had Sam Alvey 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.

Tom Watson 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.

Tom Watson slightly outperformed the striking exchanges. Tom Watson capitalized on this striking dominance.

Tom Watson did not secure a significant ground advantage against Sam Alvey on the ground with 1:29 of control time, with almost no grappling bonus.

Tom Watson demonstrated standard activity with 196 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Tom Watson capitalized on this activity level, while Sam Alvey's null-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Tom Watson started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Sam Alvey is back at 0 with this loss.

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