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On a side note: Masvidal is one of the very best Muay Thai fighters on the roster. He is so good, that you can no longer call him a ‘boxer’ who supplements his boxing with Muay Thai. Listen to that Q&A he did before the event. Favorite fighter ever: Duran but he also says that he LOVES Muay Thai.
Looking at his style vs Till’s, it’s pretty obvious that, even though Till has done some local MT competition in his youth, Mas applies MT concepts much better - he actually uses elbows, knees and high kicks to win fights. Till fights more like a karate guy.
It's hilarious how so many people point to Masvidal vs. Cerrone and Masvidal vs. Till as examples of boxing beating MT, when in BOTH fights it was Masvidal fighting in a MT style and applying MT concepts (kick defence, caught kick counters, and well placed body kicks) to beat his opponents. Catching kicks then dragging the leg across to land free punches like he did against Till and Cerrone is a textbook MT technique, and the feints & stance switches that he was using against Till were straight out of the Nong-O Gaiyanghadao playbook as was the right body kick to right punch combo.