They matter, no question. Initially the fight was declared a tie and the match was won by decision (if you can find the second vid, where the Thai was much more active in the additional round). A lot of the TKD guy's initiated attacks just didn't come anywhere close to landing, or if they did they weren't effective at disabling the MT guy. Did the TKD guy's size take the MT guy out of his game? Sure. You can clearly see the advantages it gave the TKD guy everytime they clinched, and he was surprisingly good on the inside.
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