Sagat

Sagat (サガット Sagatto?, Thai: สกัด) is a video game character from the Street Fighter series, first appearing as the non-playable main antagonist and final boss in the original Street Fighter. He later returned as a boss in Street Fighter II before becoming playable in its update, Street Fighter II: Champion Edition. He is the "Emperor of Muay Thai" and a former member of Shadaloo, where he acted as a personal bodyguard for M. Bison. He later changed sides to redeem himself and became one of the protagonists in the series.
== Biography ==
=== Appearance ===
Sagat is characterized by his intimidating appearance and towering muscular build. He wears Muay Thai trunks with colors varying from purple with yellow trim, to blue with red trim, to blue with yellow. He also wears the hand and feet wraps common to many Muay Thai practitioners.
With 7 ft 5 (226 cm), Sagat is the fourth-tallest character in the whole Street Fighter franchise, behind T. Hawk, Hugo and Abigail. There is evidence to suggest that Sagat's height was the result of him suffering from GigantismW disorder.
In his youth, Sagat used to have long hair, which is shown to be reddish-brown in one of his alternate costumes in Street Fighter IV. Either he lost his hair over the years or intentionally shaved them off at some point. Additionally, he wore a MongkhonW.
Ever since Sagat's right eye was gouged out in his fight with Go Hibiki before the events of Street Fighter, it is covered by a black eye-patch. Another notable injury was inflicted by Ryu during their fated fight in Street Fighter; a massive diagonal scar across his chest. Oddly enough, the Street Fighter II V anime series depicts him with neither of these injuries.
==== Street Fighter Alpha 2 ====
Sagat's ending in Street Fighter Alpha 2 shows him in a white muscle shirt, grey jeans and grey fingerless gloves. In the same scene, Balrog wears the same clothes (while keeping his boxing gloves on), implying that it may have been an official Shadaloo uniform.
==== Street Fighter V ====
In Street Fighter V, Sagat mostly remains unchanged, he now wears a dark blue tattered capris with an orange and yellow belt and is covered with a short green tattered cloak with matching wraps on his arms and feet. He has smaller scars around his chest and covering his limbs.
His first alternate costume is his original violet and green outfit. The eye patch is replaced with matching pink cloth bandages.
His second alternate costume is the same as his current outfit but it is ochre with gold trim and his tie was Capri blue and he wears a gold necklace with a sapphire gem on the front adorned with a loose white necklace with rose designs.
==== Graphical Issues ====
In the Street Fighter II series, Sagat's in-game sprites did not display his highly muscular build despite having been portrayed that way in his Super Street Fighter II Turbo ending and other Capcom artworks. Starting with the Street Fighter Alpha series, the games began to match his graphics to those of the comics.
Due to an inherent technical limitation with 2D spriteW-based games, the position of the eyepatch and scar appear to change sides whenever he turns around.
== Game Appearences ==
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