Thomas Petersen vs Vitor Petrino

Vitor Petrino's 3-fight experience advantage (8 vs 5 fights) held true, but the algorithm limited the bonus to prevent over-rewarding Vitor Petrino for the expected result. Had Thomas Petersen 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.

Vitor Petrino gained a finish with a KO/TKO in round 3, earning finishing bonuses.

Vitor Petrino dominated the striking exchanges with 31 vs 16 significant strikes, 57.4% vs 45.7% accuracy, including 2 devastating knockdowns. Vitor Petrino capitalized on this striking dominance.

Vitor Petrino landed 2 knockdowns followed by 9 ground strikes. Few ground strikes after a knockdown do not qualify for major ground ELO bonus.

Vitor Petrino demonstrated solid activity levels with 91 days since his last fight, earning a moderate activity bonus for consistent scheduling. As the winner, Vitor Petrino capitalized on this activity level, while Thomas Petersen's 161-day layoff didn't factor into the scoring since only winners receive activity bonuses.

Vitor Petrino extended his 2-fight win streak, earning a momentum bonus. Thomas Petersen is back at 0 with this loss.

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