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How could I be justified betting a big underdog who is as garbage as Julaton is any circumstance? Of course you should feel square in hindsight when she proved she is very, very low level. IMO I think thats a lesson to be learned rather than being OK with a bet like that. Those are the type of fighters you should absolutely never have your money on in any situation. No skills, no iq = no justification ever.
Rose vs JJ is not even close to the same. Julaton is complete garbage and will never have a winning record. Thats a far cry from someone like Rose who is very good and was a completely new style for JJ.
Since I didn't watch any tape on either pre fight (and thus didn't bet the fight), I should ask: Did Julaton show such brutal fight IQ in previous fights too? I mean, her lack of grappling skills are obvious. Has she shown in the past the same proclivity for initiating grappling exchanges despite her horrible grappling? If so, I can see your point. That makes laying the juice on Hardy far more understandable. But if in her previous fights Julaton mostly stuck with her background (striking), I don't know how you could cap the fight before it happened and use her fight IQ as a reason why.
Like I said, I don't know the answer. To me, that would determine a lot of the direction of this discussion.