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Does anyone have a read on the Belbita/Goldy fight?
Don't bet it at current odds. If you were around when Belbita was around +150, it was worth a stab.
Both fighters suck, but with Belbita being off for 1 year and Goldy 2 years, and their relatively young ages and lack of experience, there is significant potential for improvement. And ultimately, the fight will be decided by the degree and nature of said improvement.
Unless you've been observing one or either of them in the gym, you have no way of knowing this vital information. Now, Belbita has the slightly higher upside here; she is younger, has shown more significant improvement in her last few fights, and her striking, flawed as it is, is a little better. On the flipside, Goldy had 2 years to get better, not just 1, and isn't as clearly deficient in the grappling department.
Which is the big fear; Belbita's wrestling and BJJ are both dreadful. Goldy has stuck to striking against her opponents, but what if she improved her offensive grappling in that time and uses it? It's not completely crazy, considering she entered a submission event a few months ago and won by RNC. It would take very little to utterly dominate and possibly even tap Belbita.
Or maybe Belbita defeats Goldy easily with better striking and grappling is never an issue?
Belbita making 115 for the first time, despite being fairly tall and skinny at 125 is also cause for concern.
Again, give it a pass.