Thales Leites vs Tom Watson

Thales Leites's 6-fight experience advantage (9 vs 3 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Thales Leites for the expected result. Had Tom Watson 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.

Thales Leites 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.

Thales Leites dominated the striking exchanges with 98 vs 36 total strikes, 51 vs 33 significant strikes. Thales Leites capitalized on this striking dominance.

Thales Leites dominated Tom Watson on the ground with 5 vs 0 takedowns, 10:03 of control time, 19 ground strikes, earning massive ground ELO bonuses.

Thales Leites demonstrated extended layoff with 1456 days since his last fight, earning reduced bonuses due to inactivity rust. As the winner, Thales Leites capitalized on this activity level, while Tom Watson's 168-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

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

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