After a frustrating couple of rounds, Eddie Hall managed to land a vicious set of knockouts in his bizarre cage debut tonight.
The 2017 ‘World’s Strongest Man’ winner tipped the scales at a whopping 366lb, and faced influencer siblings the Neffati Brothers in an outlandish 2v1 MMA ‘freak fight’. Each siblings were lower than half his weight, and collectively got here in at just 291lb.
Having competed in a double-team bout before on Poland’s FAME MMA, the brothers knew what they were doing and orchestrated a near-perfect game plan. But when Hall managed to land, it took only one punch to place a violent end to proceedings.
Eddie Hall lands brutal one-punch KO as he stops two men in 2v1 MMA debut
The bout began off comically slow, with referees intervening at multiple intervals because the Neffati Brothers kept their distance and at times literally ran across the cage. Given his massive size, Hall was limited in his movement, but knew well enough to maintain his back to the cage to be able to combat anything sneaky.
As such, fans on the Georges Hall in Blackburn booed the trio ferociously, because the strongman pleaded along with his opponents to make a forward move. There wasn’t a punch landed in the primary two rounds because the pair would take turns trying out leg kicks before sprinting back into position on the opposite side of the cage.
But with seconds remaining on the clock, Jamil and Jamel launched their intricately planned attack as they appeared to go for something of a double single-leg takedown. Nevertheless, Hall immediately manhandled the pair, flinging them each across the cage as the opposite attacked.
And with one brother clinging on to his lead leg, Hall managed to get off the one clean punch he needed that saw Jamil flop to the ground and referees calling a halt to the motion. After the primary brother was capable of leave the cage along with his faculties, the fight was called to proceed.
Eddie Hall stops two opponents in a single fight as he wins 2v1 MMA debut
Once it was just Hall vs Jamel, the bout seemed an absurd mismatch as he lumbered towards his opponent. The brother had weighed in at just over 147lb, meaning there was a greater than 200lb difference between the 2 for the ultimate seconds of the night.
Correctly, the only Neffati brother attempted to get on his bike and sprint away from Hall. The plan almost worked, but with seconds to go he was dragged down. Hall almost seemed apologetic in throwing ground-and-pound as his opponent curled up on the ground.
Nevertheless, referees insisted that he toss something to finish the fight, so he threw a pair of sunshine shots that saw it waved off with seconds to go. The gang went wild, after initially being incredibly frustrated by the comical contest.
It was an evening stuffed with stoppages, with not even considered one of the undercard bouts going the space including a couples fight where two sets of men and girls fought each other without delay. The night also included a MMA fight between an Ed Sheeran impersonator and a Stormzy lookalike with a 40lb+ weight difference.
The closest they got here to seeing the ultimate bell was Hall’s bout, which was a three-round bout with two-minute rounds. There was also a boxing match and not using a cut-off date that went beyond three minutes between Myles Stephenson from Rak-Su and Polish Love Island star Kamil Jagielski.
One match of interest to MMA fans saw former UFC star Chris Fishgold tackle boxer Jack Fay in a bout which promised to see the pair fight in three different disciplines. It was first to be MMA, then K1 and at last boxing, but ended by stoppage in the primary as Fishgold suffered an injury.
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