I remember as Zah fighting Grord in the Circle, I think he had Armageddon at the time. There's no way a whip / h2h Cloud Giant is beating a sword spec RBW Giant with wrathing cursed weapons.

Equally, I remember challenging Shaapa's Gnome Warrior who wimped out (and was subsequently booted by Jormyr) because he knew he couldn't beat an RBW h2h spec in a circle fight (i.e. no room to move, bandage, etc.).

Sometimes you just need to take it on chin or have a plan to flee at low HP rather than going to the death. Getting boot afterwards is rough though, usually that happens if you drag one of the leaders to the circle over something serious, rather than if they pull you into the circle. Still I stand by what I said on Discord in that if you'd stuck it out, stayed in role, you'd find a pretty quick IMM re-induct and the leaders wouldn't be able to touch you again over those particular beliefs.