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Have you guys checked Baghdad videos? I'm shocked how bad he looks in standup against noname fighters.
Was planning to go with Baghdad, as he has a huge reach advantage against Makdessi, who doesn't poses almost any takedown threat (as Wrestlefucker Wade). So looking at a standup match from my point of view.
How on earth did this guy win a world title in muay thai? He does have nice low kicks, which could be good against Makdessi's taekwon-do approach.
Yeah it really just confused me watching some older tape but there are some fights where baghdad showed he actually can look slow and sluggish via his style, he can throw slow long jabs and then suddenly hard and powerful punches, it really did throw off his opponent since he did not see that coming. Course that could have just been a one off since it looked it, for a MT world champ it maybe that title is exaggerated or made up?, hard to tell with the world of wiki and organizations.
Its hard to not like makdessi here, wealth of experience and better fighters beaten here but that height and reach and long jab advantage is something mak has had issues with in the past, should it matter or will it is another question so I like live betting on this fight especially with the closer lines and odds.