Street Fighter Sagat In Real Life: Muay Thai Icon Tribute

Did you know the Street Fighter Sagat is based off a real life phenom named Sagat Petchyindee Here s something perhaps even more crazy Sagat had a huge influence in MMA. Tristar Gym, coach Zahabi studied under Sagat personally, for months at a time when only few foreigners were accepted. At the highest levels of MMA, Georges StPierre and Rory MacDonald used many of the techniques learned from Sagat. Luckily for us, Firas is doing amazing tutorials on the Tristar Youtube Channel: