However, what most people don’t realise is that Sagat Petchyindee is also a real person, in fact he is, or at least was, a professional Muay Thai boxer. Sagat was a villainous character of the game, Street Fighter, who became notoriously difficult to defeat. You may not have been aware of the connection but on all of these occasions, you were plagiarizing the fearful Sagat. Maybe you’ve flinched at the sight of a man wearing Thai shorts, no shirt and an eyepatch over his right eye, or pronounced your friend KO’d after an (according to you) unbeatable triple kick? Even for those who weren’t alive to witness the 1987 release of Street Fighter, Sagat has become a name to be feared. Muay Thai history might be ancient but it came to the masses through video games. Street Fighter Sagat’s Real Life Muay Thai History
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