Sam Hughes vs Tecia Pennington

Tecia Pennington's 12-fight experience advantage (13 vs 1 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Tecia Pennington for the expected result. Had Sam Hughes pulled off the upset, her 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.

Tecia Pennington earned an early finish with a TKO - Doctor's Stoppage in round 1 at 5:00, gaining additional bonuses for the first-round stoppage.

Tecia Pennington controlled the striking exchanges with 52 vs 26 total strikes, 52 vs 20 significant strikes, 50.5% vs 37.7% accuracy. Tecia Pennington capitalized on this striking dominance.

Tecia Pennington did not secure a significant ground advantage against Sam Hughes on the ground with 1 vs 0 takedowns, 0:15 of control time, with almost no grappling bonus.

Tecia Pennington demonstrated solid activity levels with 176 days since her last fight, earning a moderate activity bonus for consistent scheduling. As the winner, Tecia Pennington capitalized on this activity level, while Sam Hughes's null-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Tecia Pennington extended her 2-fight win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Sam Hughes is back at 0 with this loss.

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