Stephen Thompson vs Vicente Luque

Stephen Thompson's 2-fight experience advantage (15 vs 13 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Stephen Thompson for the expected result. Had Vicente Luque 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.

Stephen Thompson 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.

Stephen Thompson dominated the striking exchanges with 138 vs 77 total strikes, 138 vs 77 significant strikes, 57.0% vs 44.0% accuracy, including 1 devastating knockdown. Stephen Thompson capitalized on this striking dominance.

Stephen Thompson landed 1 knockdown followed by 9 ground strikes. Few ground strikes after a knockdown do not qualify for major ground ELO bonus.

Stephen Thompson demonstrated standard activity with 224 days since his last fight, earning a small activity bonus for reasonable scheduling. As the winner, Stephen Thompson capitalized on this activity level, while Vicente Luque's 85-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Stephen Thompson started a new win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Vicente Luque is back at 0 with this loss.

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