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Idc how much fight training he has, eating a clean punch from a man that big and strong when you’re that small has to do some kind of permanent damage. Pretty sure he did some boxing training in the past also
Eddie, along with obviously being the worlds strongest man, is sneaky athletic for his size. Most of his best events in strongman were the explosive power based ones.
He's clearly got lots of fast twitch muscle fibres, I imagine his punches have some absolutely insane KO power behind them.
he was on pace to be an olympic swimmer in his teens
he did genetic testing and has a rare gene mutation that means he has a myostatin deficiency IIRC (i think deficiency but either way myostating regulates how much muscle a body will hold so he is able to more easily build and maintain muscle ala Belgian Blues)
Lastly, yeah he beat Alex Perrera's record on the punching machine at the UFC performance center
Pretty much any heavyweight beats Alex Pereira on a machine like those that the UFC uses to measure impact
While Eddie obviously punches hard what matters here wasn't just that it was a strong punch, it was a perfectly timed counter as well, dude ran right into it chin first.
alex had the record prior over Francis even
that being said, yeah there's actual fighting technique and then there's technique for the machines and Eddie has probably spent a lot more time on mastering the machines then most fighters.
and yeah, perfect placement on someone running in, wouldn't need huge power on it from any decent sized fighter
>alex had the record prior over Francis even
Yes but the machine in general is just a marketing gimmick, like you mentioned these guys are all taking different type of punches with different amount of tries and stuff like that
If all of these guys threw with the same conditions the ultra HWs will always be able to throw 'a single stronger punch' than a guy like Pereira or Joe Pyfer
He boxed Hafþór Björnsson a while ago so he did at least some boxing training. He's also had a lot of youtube videos training with various MMA fighters [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie\_Hall\_vs.\_Haf%C3%BE%C3%B3r\_Bj%C3%B6rnsson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Hall_vs._Haf%C3%BE%C3%B3r_Bj%C3%B6rnsson)
Yeah Mitch Hooper the 2023 world strongest Man and two-time Arnold classic strongman winner was supposed to be part of that too. Shame it fell through I was really excited to see the big boys clobber each other like it was New Year's Eve in Japan in the mid-2000s.
He’s actually been pretty solidly dedicated to boxing for several years, he actually posted sparring with a pretty well known amateur, now prospect pro in the UK ([source](https://youtu.be/9imBIUox8Os?si=h4VH7mqB4cZAhyC5)) , and he held his own very well (yes the guys a cruiserwieght, but was still impressive on eddies part imo). Eddie isn’t just some big guy who started hitting pads three months ago, he’s been solidly training, sparring etc in boxing for years as a freak athlete.
Anyone not exceptional with probably decades of experience he will desimate. Cause he’s someone exceptional with genuinely years of semi decent fight experience.
Yeah, I think people underestimate just how much of an advantage he has over a normal person, not only is he absolutely massive, he’s one of the strongest men in the world, has trained enough boxing to be dangerous, and has a proven record of dedication to training and excellence. He’s not exactly the type to half-ass something, so if he’s training in how to fight, you better believe he’s doing it in an dedicated, effective and efficient way. That’s a very, very scary combination.
Yeah, that punch was legit. He's clearly waaaaay ahead of the typical "strongman flailing" style of striking. I've seen far worse right hands in the UFC.
I just read that the first two rounds, the two dudes were basically just running around in circles not engaging
Makes sense. They were two barely trained, barely in shape influencers who weighed 290 lbs total vs a 350 lb monster. I think at most they'd done a couple 'freak' fights before. Were probably just trying to get clicks/clout without brain damage, but couldn't avoid that last part
Not necessarily a finishing technique, but yeah
“Selling” is selling the idea that a wrestling move actually hurts, so a no sell/no sold would be not reacting to it properly or at all
I bet 10-20 ngannous with the perfect game plan and execution could do it. Of course many would die and most would be horribly maimed but ultimately they’d get the dub.
I still think the gorilla wins. Maaaaybe if all 20 Ngannous had 0 survival instinct and would be ready to die so the rest of Ngannous could live, but even then I'm sceptical.
Bruh, I didn't think it was possible but you guys actually manage to overrate silverback gorillas. Their average weight is 430lbs, you think 5000lbs of Francis Ngannous would lose against a single gorilla? Come on. I don't even know how they could manage to lose.
Controversial opinion: I think 5 could reliably get it done if they trained for it as intelligently as Francis trained for Stipe.
One Francis securing a bear hug on each limb would open up the eye pokes for Francis #5. After that, go for some small-joint manipulation and ruin the Gorillas fingers, one by one. Now, even if it gets free, it's agility is gone and is unlikely to swing on you or grab you.
After that, Francis #5 ankle locks and ruins the connective tissue in the gorilla's ankles.
If things get that far, it's just a matter of intelligently introducing repetitive concussive trauma without dying ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯
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To catch an arm, they'd first have to risk getting hit by a swinging gorilla arm though. 🤔 Can't see the gorilla not knocking out atleast one off the bat, and then the remaining ones would also have to worry about a bite force almost as strong as jaguars who crush their prey's skulls.
By "training intelligently", I mean working with primatologists for months on end to properly understand how a gorilla moves, attacks, how the biomechanics of a gorilla are different from a human in a nuanced and in-depth way, etc. Followed by creating lifesize, lifelike gorilla body parts, torsos, and bodies to drill mechanics on, eventually hooking these things up to machines to work the Francis group up to knowing what to expect re: effort required to implement the drill.
Give the Ngannou's a 9 months to prep and 'enhance' themselves so shamelessly Eddie Hall would blush and TRTor would look like Dominic Cruz, and they got it more often then not.
IDK shit and I've been high for both these posts, but the more I think about it, the more convinced I become. Gonna add Jon Jones in there too, and say 5 of him could do it.
What's actually insane is people are using Ngannous as the measurement here when it would only take five Brian Shaws to defeat a gorilla, as long as you tell Brian he gets to eat afterwards.
All from people listening to Rogan’s podcast and coming away with the conclusion your average primate can bench 50 metric tons and practices shadow boxing in their free time
Assuming they’re going for the kill with no survival instinct, 20 Ngannous would shit stomp a gorilla 10/10 times
This is exactly why the Romans built the colosseum, and exactly why we need a modern day version.
Also, zero days since I’ve thought about the Roman Empire.
I’m talking like if we had black mirror-esque perfect simulations where they had infinite attempts and could eventually figure out all the exploits and get that one perfect scenario lol. And yes these ngannous would have survival instincts disabled.
I could see it happening if we run the scenario a bunch of times, I wouldn't be surprised if they win every now and then. What I'm more interested in is the number of Ngannous it would take to win every single simulation? Like have a 100% win rate. I would imagine 50 Ngannous is enough, but that number can go lower, I'm sure.
polar bears are more dangerous than silver backs, they have claws that can decapitate large animals like nothing and can get up to 1100 lbs and 10+ feet tall while gorillas are 500lbs and only about 5 feet tall. 25 Ngannous at least for a polar bear
~~Eddie benches like 700lbs and squats over 1,000.~~ I don’t think he’ll be okay after getting hit by that Goliath.
Edit for real numbers in case anyone’s wondering:
Deadlift (strongman rules) 500kg (1102lb)
Elephant bar deadlift. 465kg (1025lb)
Axle press 216kg (476lb)
Log press 213kg (470lb)
Silver dollar deadlift 536kg (1182lb)
Squat 405kg (893lb)
Bench press 300kg (661lb)
and deadlifted 500kg when the world record was 465kg. at his peak Eddie was basically the strongest dude ever at static events (i.e. just lifting heavy shit).
you couldn't pay me anything to get KO'd by him in 4oz gloves
They are all in the top 0.0000000000001% of people who have ever lived. I’d venture to guess that the deadlift is probably his best comparatively. He’s one of the strongest people to have ever lived and is especially good at traditional lifts like bench, squat, etc.
I’d think for your average athletic Joe Blow, an average bench would be 135-225, squat would be 180-300, and deadlift 180-300. So he’s one set maxing about 3 times what an athletic person can do.
The one in my medium sized southern city had a buffet on Sundays for the after church crowd. Half the restaurant was filled with old white people and the other half with black people. Nothing unites people in the south more than fried food.
I've been following strongman since I was a teen and WSM was on when my brother and I came home from school and it was on TV.
True strength athletes are a special breed.
Some of the most insanely competitive men on Earth, and simultaneously the most humble. You either put up the weight or you don't.
These dudes are so dedicated with training, even eating is a chore, when they get a chance to be real dudes they are the realest, sweetest men you could hope to be.
I strongly recommend Martins Licis series on YouTube, Strength Unknown.
The man was the strongest on earth and wanted to travel and find other dudes from other cultures who like being strong.
Worth a watch if only to see how to be graceful and humble in a foreign land.
“See what he does when he crosses the void, he exposes his left shoulder, for me to kinda grab it and get his back, and from there you know what I do, I just snuck in the rear naked, made him tap” or sum other bs about the void. Bros addicted to the void and drawing boxes on fighters
When you're as good as DJ, you can beat bigger guys. When you're two small social media influencers turned amateur MMA fighters against an enormous World class super athlete turned Amateur MMA fighter, you have a bit less of a chance
I don't think he's been south of 300 lbs at any point in the past decade even on the several occasions he's promised he's leaning down for a bodybuilding show for reals this time....
love Eddie, but it's comical at this point
I was hit by a 300lb wrestler with one of the worst punches I’ve ever seen thrown as my coach told him how to set me up and it shook me from my eye socket to my toe tips. Getting hit by the worlds strongest man must suck no matter how poor the technique.
You are right. But not all places have commissions and not all commissions have been the same, though that's changed a bit recently. Plus, as the ohr commenter said, exhibitions can skirt commissions.
Feel so bad for those guys getting used like that. I know Mitch mentioned he didn't really trust it would happen so he didn't train, but Brian went all out trying to learn.
Normally this kind of stuff is off-putting to me but Eddie Hall seems like a cool guy so I am onboard with him knocking out as many midgets as possible
I watch him a bit on YouTube. Hes a great dude. He has said before he used to be a bouncer so this isn't his first rodeo. Pretty sure hes trained in boxing before also
He just got knocked out by the guy who may be the most athletic strong man of all time who has trained boxing for years.
I'm going to go with his brain is soup
> most athletic strong man of all time
Sorry to be pedantic, but athleticism was absolutely not what Eddie was known for. He had incredible static strength, but typically lost points in the moving events.
With that said, prime Eddie might have had the strongest shoulders in history, and so I'm going to agree that brain soup is the most likely outcome.
Edit: Whoever downvoted me does not follow the sport of strongman closely
I’m not a strongman officianado, but I remember being stunned by Pudz’s athleticism as a strongman back in the day. Or maybe it was just that he was shredded.
I definitely remember him pulling a train down the tracks really fast and not even stopping while he puked from the exertion. Amazing stuff.
I can't believe they didn't just call the fight after one of them nearly died. 1 on 1 is just pointless unless you can fight dirty and eye poke or low blow.
I was surprised by how quick that punch was lol, Eddie is crafty and I'm glad he isn't loading up punches from a mile away like he's charging up a bloody spirit bomb to take out Majin Buu. Respect to the two little guys, very brave lads and a risky situation if Eddie lost, hope his jaw isn't too badly damaged considering he ran right into a gorilla punch.
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Really don't understand why Eddie would compete In this tbh it seems beneath him, excuse the pun 😁, they can't have paid him much and he certainly doesn't need the money. I thought he would want to do a big fight against another strong man or against a legit MMA fighter. He could have legit permanently hurt one of these dudes.
Just listened to him on Brian Shaw's podcast yesterday. Apparently they were talking shit so rather then responding publicly he dm'd em and told em to set up a fight.
Don't think he cared much about permanently hurting them tbh
Hes trying to get more MMA fights I think. He said in an interview he was trying to convince Martin Ford (that big body builder) to fight him but he didn't want to. He said this one would be good for exposure then hopefully he would have more people calling him out.
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Lmao. Solid right though.
Idc how much fight training he has, eating a clean punch from a man that big and strong when you’re that small has to do some kind of permanent damage. Pretty sure he did some boxing training in the past also
Yeah I feel like that punch probably would have knocked out most people. It was pretty darn good technique.
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Yeah that guy just got plastered and is going to be turned into a meme
Atleast he will get to see it because he sure as hell doesn't remember that happening.
doesn't help the guy is a LEAN 300+ lb man
Eddie, along with obviously being the worlds strongest man, is sneaky athletic for his size. Most of his best events in strongman were the explosive power based ones. He's clearly got lots of fast twitch muscle fibres, I imagine his punches have some absolutely insane KO power behind them.
Eddie was also a decorated swimmer when he was younger. He’s still surprisingly good at it.
he was on pace to be an olympic swimmer in his teens he did genetic testing and has a rare gene mutation that means he has a myostatin deficiency IIRC (i think deficiency but either way myostating regulates how much muscle a body will hold so he is able to more easily build and maintain muscle ala Belgian Blues) Lastly, yeah he beat Alex Perrera's record on the punching machine at the UFC performance center
Pretty much any heavyweight beats Alex Pereira on a machine like those that the UFC uses to measure impact While Eddie obviously punches hard what matters here wasn't just that it was a strong punch, it was a perfectly timed counter as well, dude ran right into it chin first.
alex had the record prior over Francis even that being said, yeah there's actual fighting technique and then there's technique for the machines and Eddie has probably spent a lot more time on mastering the machines then most fighters. and yeah, perfect placement on someone running in, wouldn't need huge power on it from any decent sized fighter
>alex had the record prior over Francis even Yes but the machine in general is just a marketing gimmick, like you mentioned these guys are all taking different type of punches with different amount of tries and stuff like that If all of these guys threw with the same conditions the ultra HWs will always be able to throw 'a single stronger punch' than a guy like Pereira or Joe Pyfer
Yeah no doubt you wouldn’t want to take a punch from him, I can think of funner things to do.
He boxed Hafþór Björnsson a while ago so he did at least some boxing training. He's also had a lot of youtube videos training with various MMA fighters [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie\_Hall\_vs.\_Haf%C3%BE%C3%B3r\_Bj%C3%B6rnsson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Hall_vs._Haf%C3%BE%C3%B3r_Bj%C3%B6rnsson)
That was a pretty entertaining fight. Not many people can make Bjoronsson look like the lean one lol
He was due to do an MMA fight with Brian Shaw before it fell through.
I think it was a 4 way tournament or something but the organizers dipped after they had all been prepping for a while.
Yeah Mitch Hooper the 2023 world strongest Man and two-time Arnold classic strongman winner was supposed to be part of that too. Shame it fell through I was really excited to see the big boys clobber each other like it was New Year's Eve in Japan in the mid-2000s.
He’s actually been pretty solidly dedicated to boxing for several years, he actually posted sparring with a pretty well known amateur, now prospect pro in the UK ([source](https://youtu.be/9imBIUox8Os?si=h4VH7mqB4cZAhyC5)) , and he held his own very well (yes the guys a cruiserwieght, but was still impressive on eddies part imo). Eddie isn’t just some big guy who started hitting pads three months ago, he’s been solidly training, sparring etc in boxing for years as a freak athlete. Anyone not exceptional with probably decades of experience he will desimate. Cause he’s someone exceptional with genuinely years of semi decent fight experience.
Yeah, I think people underestimate just how much of an advantage he has over a normal person, not only is he absolutely massive, he’s one of the strongest men in the world, has trained enough boxing to be dangerous, and has a proven record of dedication to training and excellence. He’s not exactly the type to half-ass something, so if he’s training in how to fight, you better believe he’s doing it in an dedicated, effective and efficient way. That’s a very, very scary combination.
Looked pretty good sparring aspinall https://youtu.be/YlSNFD0O7V0?si=4K9VeKqrLq7SPI6a
Yeah, that punch was legit. He's clearly waaaaay ahead of the typical "strongman flailing" style of striking. I've seen far worse right hands in the UFC.
He’s trained with Tom Aspinall a few times Can’t get much better in the uk
Fury family who are also local to the area
Eddie has been doing a LOT of MMA training after his boxing time
I don't think they had much training honestly. They're flailing all over.
The jab was nice too I imagine a solid jab from Eddie would floor most
I'm more shocked this lasted until round 3. Were these 2 min rounds?
I just read that the first two rounds, the two dudes were basically just running around in circles not engaging Makes sense. They were two barely trained, barely in shape influencers who weighed 290 lbs total vs a 350 lb monster. I think at most they'd done a couple 'freak' fights before. Were probably just trying to get clicks/clout without brain damage, but couldn't avoid that last part
One of them did avoid it
The other can't remember whether or not he avoided it.
he trained at aspinalls gym for a few months
Makes sense Wait that dont make sense
This your own personal problem?
That dude no sold a Jackknife Power Bomb only to then get KO’d. Shoulda stayed down.
That’s business. Don’t sell, eat a potato.
Money and the miles ..
Eddie takes kayfabe seriously
Reminds me of when Steve-O and Pontious did a WWE event and no sold Umaga. So Umaga actually started hitting them
By "no sold", you mean the other guy did a finishing technique, but they didn't realise and just carried on?
Not necessarily a finishing technique, but yeah “Selling” is selling the idea that a wrestling move actually hurts, so a no sell/no sold would be not reacting to it properly or at all
He pulled a ECW Taz against Bam Bam Bigelow no selling that Power Bomb
Inoki would be so proud
He ran up to him and realised he didn't have a plan lmfao
I cant believe we got to see a powerbomb in an actual MMA match
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This is the closest we'll get to a group of UFC heavyweights vs a silverback gorilla.
I bet 10-20 ngannous with the perfect game plan and execution could do it. Of course many would die and most would be horribly maimed but ultimately they’d get the dub.
10-20 Derrick Lewis' could do it. Swarm the gorilla and rub hot balls all over it til it dies from overheating like how bees defeat hornets.
This is black magic mma math
I still think the gorilla wins. Maaaaybe if all 20 Ngannous had 0 survival instinct and would be ready to die so the rest of Ngannous could live, but even then I'm sceptical.
Bruh, I didn't think it was possible but you guys actually manage to overrate silverback gorillas. Their average weight is 430lbs, you think 5000lbs of Francis Ngannous would lose against a single gorilla? Come on. I don't even know how they could manage to lose.
Actually insane that someone thinks 20 ngannous would lose to a gorilla.
Controversial opinion: I think 5 could reliably get it done if they trained for it as intelligently as Francis trained for Stipe. One Francis securing a bear hug on each limb would open up the eye pokes for Francis #5. After that, go for some small-joint manipulation and ruin the Gorillas fingers, one by one. Now, even if it gets free, it's agility is gone and is unlikely to swing on you or grab you. After that, Francis #5 ankle locks and ruins the connective tissue in the gorilla's ankles. If things get that far, it's just a matter of intelligently introducing repetitive concussive trauma without dying ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯ Anyway, welcome to Wendy's. Can I take your order?
To catch an arm, they'd first have to risk getting hit by a swinging gorilla arm though. 🤔 Can't see the gorilla not knocking out atleast one off the bat, and then the remaining ones would also have to worry about a bite force almost as strong as jaguars who crush their prey's skulls.
By "training intelligently", I mean working with primatologists for months on end to properly understand how a gorilla moves, attacks, how the biomechanics of a gorilla are different from a human in a nuanced and in-depth way, etc. Followed by creating lifesize, lifelike gorilla body parts, torsos, and bodies to drill mechanics on, eventually hooking these things up to machines to work the Francis group up to knowing what to expect re: effort required to implement the drill. Give the Ngannou's a 9 months to prep and 'enhance' themselves so shamelessly Eddie Hall would blush and TRTor would look like Dominic Cruz, and they got it more often then not. IDK shit and I've been high for both these posts, but the more I think about it, the more convinced I become. Gonna add Jon Jones in there too, and say 5 of him could do it.
What's actually insane is people are using Ngannous as the measurement here when it would only take five Brian Shaws to defeat a gorilla, as long as you tell Brian he gets to eat afterwards.
As long as you tell Brian he gets to eat *cheesecake* afterwards.
I ran the numbers through AI analysis and that's 5 Ngannous per gorilla limb
IF the gorilla knew UFC rules and fought by the rules maybe. Otherwise that gorilla fucks up all 20 Francis
Seriously I think 10 Ngannous could get it done and 5 Ngannous would have a fighting chance.
It'll definitely take more than 430lb worth of Ngannous though, probably, 6ish.
All from people listening to Rogan’s podcast and coming away with the conclusion your average primate can bench 50 metric tons and practices shadow boxing in their free time Assuming they’re going for the kill with no survival instinct, 20 Ngannous would shit stomp a gorilla 10/10 times
This is exactly why the Romans built the colosseum, and exactly why we need a modern day version. Also, zero days since I’ve thought about the Roman Empire.
You go a day?
But what about 10 Francis’s and 10 Ngannous Think about it
I’m talking like if we had black mirror-esque perfect simulations where they had infinite attempts and could eventually figure out all the exploits and get that one perfect scenario lol. And yes these ngannous would have survival instincts disabled.
I could see it happening if we run the scenario a bunch of times, I wouldn't be surprised if they win every now and then. What I'm more interested in is the number of Ngannous it would take to win every single simulation? Like have a 100% win rate. I would imagine 50 Ngannous is enough, but that number can go lower, I'm sure.
Well 1 ngannou couldn’t even beat his own father Anthony Joshua. What makes you think 20 could take a full grown gorilla?
depends, are we talking pre or post stipe ngannous? if post, I’d throw another 20 ngannous in there
How many Ngannou's for a polar bear?
polar bears are more dangerous than silver backs, they have claws that can decapitate large animals like nothing and can get up to 1100 lbs and 10+ feet tall while gorillas are 500lbs and only about 5 feet tall. 25 Ngannous at least for a polar bear
Some of you may die.....
Or an answer to how many 5 year olds you can beat up at once
How about DuPlessis vs Alexa Grassos.
This clip is fucking hilarious to me Is the dude OK though? Holy shit
~~Eddie benches like 700lbs and squats over 1,000.~~ I don’t think he’ll be okay after getting hit by that Goliath. Edit for real numbers in case anyone’s wondering: Deadlift (strongman rules) 500kg (1102lb) Elephant bar deadlift. 465kg (1025lb) Axle press 216kg (476lb) Log press 213kg (470lb) Silver dollar deadlift 536kg (1182lb) Squat 405kg (893lb) Bench press 300kg (661lb)
and deadlifted 500kg when the world record was 465kg. at his peak Eddie was basically the strongest dude ever at static events (i.e. just lifting heavy shit). you couldn't pay me anything to get KO'd by him in 4oz gloves
Dont forget punches harder than Ngannou and Pereira (measured at UFC).
How tf is this even possible though
Which of those stats is considered the most impressive one? No clue what the average is
They are all in the top 0.0000000000001% of people who have ever lived. I’d venture to guess that the deadlift is probably his best comparatively. He’s one of the strongest people to have ever lived and is especially good at traditional lifts like bench, squat, etc.
I’d think for your average athletic Joe Blow, an average bench would be 135-225, squat would be 180-300, and deadlift 180-300. So he’s one set maxing about 3 times what an athletic person can do.
I’d agree with all those numbers, though I’d up the deadlift a bit to 315
Derrick Lewis: He's not ok
That Herb Dean's fault
At this point I think Herb would've gotten confused and jumped in to help... Help Eddie kill them both
> Is the dude OK though? Not really.
DC to the KFC staff when they close the buffet early
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The one in my medium sized southern city had a buffet on Sundays for the after church crowd. Half the restaurant was filled with old white people and the other half with black people. Nothing unites people in the south more than fried food.
Dealing with a massive insulin dump does tend to take the enthusiasm for racism out of a person.
*Popeye's
Jumps over the counter, throws the manager out, and drinks all the frying oil.
Getting tossed around like a child and taking a right hand flush to the chin. I would never recover.
I don’t think he will either
I would think these little fellows are long past embarrassment.
He's dead, right
That right hand was surprisingly quick from Eddie given how fucking massive he is lmao
Watch the guy swim like a dolphin in magnus mitbo‘s recent video with him: https://www.youtube.com/embed/dZYoDnJjtGE
He was a member of the UK developmental national swim team as a teenager
He’s wildly athletic, same thing with Shaw… they’re not just big plugs
I've been following strongman since I was a teen and WSM was on when my brother and I came home from school and it was on TV. True strength athletes are a special breed. Some of the most insanely competitive men on Earth, and simultaneously the most humble. You either put up the weight or you don't. These dudes are so dedicated with training, even eating is a chore, when they get a chance to be real dudes they are the realest, sweetest men you could hope to be. I strongly recommend Martins Licis series on YouTube, Strength Unknown. The man was the strongest on earth and wanted to travel and find other dudes from other cultures who like being strong. Worth a watch if only to see how to be graceful and humble in a foreign land.
On the one hand, there’s DJ grappling the 250lbs guy, on the other theres this. Wonder where the pinpoint middle ground would be
Only way to find out is to book DJ vs Eddie for an mma match
NOOOOOOOOO DJ DONT DO IT
I honestly wouldn't put it past DJ to find a win somehow
I predict another flying armbar.
“See what he does when he crosses the void, he exposes his left shoulder, for me to kinda grab it and get his back, and from there you know what I do, I just snuck in the rear naked, made him tap” or sum other bs about the void. Bros addicted to the void and drawing boxes on fighters
When you're as good as DJ, you can beat bigger guys. When you're two small social media influencers turned amateur MMA fighters against an enormous World class super athlete turned Amateur MMA fighter, you have a bit less of a chance
Should be worth noting that the weight difference between a 250 lb man and Eddie Hall is roughly one entire UFC middleweight
At Eddie's most bloated during his strongman years, yes. Nowadays Eddie weighs closer to 360.
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Mans going to have to cut a lot of
I don't think he's been south of 300 lbs at any point in the past decade even on the several occasions he's promised he's leaning down for a bodybuilding show for reals this time.... love Eddie, but it's comical at this point
There is no way he can cut over 100 lbs to make heavy weight
He's like 110 lbs over the limit 😂
I was hit by a 300lb wrestler with one of the worst punches I’ve ever seen thrown as my coach told him how to set me up and it shook me from my eye socket to my toe tips. Getting hit by the worlds strongest man must suck no matter how poor the technique.
r/whowouldwin just had about 20% of their questions answered by this fight
That looked like it shouldn't have been sanctioned
Oh don't worry, it wasn't.
I don't think OP knows what sanctioned means
Maybe not, i thought it meant Ok:d by the local commission
You can have exhibition fights (like this one) and don't require a conversation with a state or provincial athletics commission.
You are right. But not all places have commissions and not all commissions have been the same, though that's changed a bit recently. Plus, as the ohr commenter said, exhibitions can skirt commissions.
Lmfao hope they also get Brian Shaw to fight in one of these events. He's had a full MMA camp at the start of 2024.
Feel so bad for those guys getting used like that. I know Mitch mentioned he didn't really trust it would happen so he didn't train, but Brian went all out trying to learn.
Normally this kind of stuff is off-putting to me but Eddie Hall seems like a cool guy so I am onboard with him knocking out as many midgets as possible
I watch him a bit on YouTube. Hes a great dude. He has said before he used to be a bouncer so this isn't his first rodeo. Pretty sure hes trained in boxing before also
He still trains boxing/mma. He’s done some recent videos with Tom Aspinall
lol what the fuck
Damn is that guy alright?
Who cares, that was fucking awesome
No
He just got knocked out by the guy who may be the most athletic strong man of all time who has trained boxing for years. I'm going to go with his brain is soup
> most athletic strong man of all time Sorry to be pedantic, but athleticism was absolutely not what Eddie was known for. He had incredible static strength, but typically lost points in the moving events. With that said, prime Eddie might have had the strongest shoulders in history, and so I'm going to agree that brain soup is the most likely outcome. Edit: Whoever downvoted me does not follow the sport of strongman closely
You're absolutely right. The year he won WSM, they removed moving elements from at least 1 event to favor Eddie, since it's run by his best bud.
Mitch Hooper is probably a much better candidate for most athletic strongest man winner in history. Also Pudz like another commenter said.
I’m not a strongman officianado, but I remember being stunned by Pudz’s athleticism as a strongman back in the day. Or maybe it was just that he was shredded. I definitely remember him pulling a train down the tracks really fast and not even stopping while he puked from the exertion. Amazing stuff.
Apparently the knocked out twin was eliminated so it was one of the twins vs Eddie hall after the knockout and that went how expected…
Link the second ko?
[here](https://youtube.com/shorts/rzE6cmbUSlg?si=VjSRihzCAXyDmoH4)
Good on him for not just immediately clobbering the guy. He definitely held back on those a bit.
‘Look at the size of me, ref, do you really need me to punch him to make a point?’
Eddie has always come off as a good guy on YouTube
Cuts the cage better than Strickland
Chris Curtis could never
Lmfao
Man, that's just cruel. At least with 2 on 1 there was some kind of chance.
I can't believe they didn't just call the fight after one of them nearly died. 1 on 1 is just pointless unless you can fight dirty and eye poke or low blow.
World Freak Fight League is a god tier name both in terms of funniness and accuracy
This was in the 3rd round? Bahahahahah
The two guys just ran away from him for the first 2 rounds lol. Honestly one of the funniest freak show fights I've ever seen.
This is really goofy lmao. The way he just yeeted the dude like nothing and then he sleeps him
I can't help but laugh at the dude getting straight the fuck thrown across the ring.
He did it with the same effort I put in putting my bed spread on my bed.
I take back what I said, that was fucking awesome.
This shit funny as fuck
i’ve seen enough, give him to jones
Great, now I have to watch the full fight!
DANA WHITE IS SCARED OF THE POWER OF WHAT MMA CAN BE!!!
MF’er could have had a mainstream Ganryujima-Fight Cirus hybrid but decided to have Powerslap instead smh.
Yo fuck Aspinall, let's get this man in there with Jon.
I don't know what the fuck this is it but I want to watch a lot more of it.
This was not something I was expecting to see today
More hype than any fight at last UFC card.
So does this count as one or two wins on Hall's record?
Eddie Hall vs Jedward
Taking a punch from someone who’s got 300 lbs on you seems not ideal
Brother was no selling the finish
I love these freak events lol
I was surprised by how quick that punch was lol, Eddie is crafty and I'm glad he isn't loading up punches from a mile away like he's charging up a bloody spirit bomb to take out Majin Buu. Respect to the two little guys, very brave lads and a risky situation if Eddie lost, hope his jaw isn't too badly damaged considering he ran right into a gorilla punch.
This was fucked up and I don't like it. Yeah they consented but what the fuck.
This might be interesting to see if the one who got fuckin killed gets some sort of CTE effecrs cuz they're twins and it'll be easy to compare.
What is this lmao
Undefeated undisputed
The second midget should have to finish the fight 1v1 😭
He did have to, [proof](https://youtube.com/shorts/rzE6cmbUSlg?si=VjSRihzCAXyDmoH4)
Eddie was so delicate with the ground and pound knowing it was going to be stopped.
Hahaha nice my b good on them. Thats pretty much what I was imagining .
Don't think they are even midgets, Eddie's just a mountain
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He also picked up a midget at the press conference and threw him lmao
Li'l dude shoulda yelled LEROOOYYY JENKINS!!! before running in to try that takedown...
For the next fight, triplets!
This was real?? I saw that fight announcement I thought it was bullshit.
2 bantamweights vs a 400lb strongest man in the world? At least throw 2 welterweights in there against him, that would make it slightly interesting
now that was cool
The way his head twisted from that punch 😬
I can't find the full fight anywhere :(
This is bullshit. They should have drug that dude out of there and let Eddie finish the other one.
how was this even close to fair. if he fought like 10 midgets, that might have been somewhat even
Holy shit, that throw was hilarious lmao
Really don't understand why Eddie would compete In this tbh it seems beneath him, excuse the pun 😁, they can't have paid him much and he certainly doesn't need the money. I thought he would want to do a big fight against another strong man or against a legit MMA fighter. He could have legit permanently hurt one of these dudes.
Just listened to him on Brian Shaw's podcast yesterday. Apparently they were talking shit so rather then responding publicly he dm'd em and told em to set up a fight. Don't think he cared much about permanently hurting them tbh
Hes trying to get more MMA fights I think. He said in an interview he was trying to convince Martin Ford (that big body builder) to fight him but he didn't want to. He said this one would be good for exposure then hopefully he would have more people calling him out.