Every fighter has a record.
Not every fighter earned it.
Strength of schedule, done properly: weighted by who you beat, when you beat them, and whether you finished. No committees. No politics.
Not all wins
are equal.
Thetapemma.com
The Weight
×1.35
Finish Bonus
KO · TKO · Submission
×1.25
Hot Streak
Opponent on a 3+ win run
×1.15
Rising Opponent
Beating someone on the way up
×0.75
Cold Opponent
Already on a losing streak
0.93ⁿ
Recency Decay
Old wins fade. Stay active.
Jared Gordon unranked · losing streak · TKO
3 pts
×
1.35
×
0.75
=
3.0
Finish bonus wiped out by cold opponent penalty
Alexander Hernandez unranked · no streak · decision
2 pts
=
2.0
No ranked opponents. No multipliers. No credit.
The record lies.
The Tape doesn't.