{"id":52987,"date":"2025-04-26T20:29:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T20:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/52987\/"},"modified":"2025-04-26T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T20:29:13","slug":"watch-as-eddie-hall-brutally-knocks-out-mariusz-pudzianowski-in-just-30-seconds-on-sensational-mma-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/52987\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch as Eddie Hall brutally knocks out Mariusz Pudzianowski in just 30 seconds on sensational MMA debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>EDDIE HALL scored a stunning upset win over Mariusz Puzianowski in his professional mixed martial arts debut.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Brit bruiser locked horns with his fellow World&#8217;s Strongest Man winner on a <a aria-label=\"stacked KSW 105 card in Poland on Saturday night (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/34580100\/eddie-hall-mariusz-pudzianowski-start-time-live-stream-tv-channel-card\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stacked KSW 105 card in Poland on Saturday night<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screenshot of a mixed martial arts fight.\" height=\"250\" width=\"430\" data-credit=\"\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-26-210347.jpg\" data-caption=\"Eddie Hall brutally KO'd Mariusz Pudzianowsk\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-26-210347.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Eddie Hall brutally KO&#8217;d Mariusz Pudzianowsk<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Haf\u00fe\u00f3r J\u00fal\u00edus Bj\u00f6rnsson at a mixed martial arts event.\" height=\"341\" width=\"254\" data-credit=\"\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/8143849c-6ae4-4c7e-b9b2-4bb9ab6b5ae2.jpg\" data-caption=\"The strongman won on his MMA debut\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/8143849c-6ae4-4c7e-b9b2-4bb9ab6b5ae2.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>The strongman won on his MMA debut<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Two shirtless strongmen facing each other in front of a crowd.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"KSW\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/067_KSW105_ASR07960.jpg\" data-caption=\"Hall took on his fellow strongman in the main event of KSW 105\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/067_KSW105_ASR07960.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Hall took on his fellow strongman in the main event of KSW 105Credit: KSW<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Haf\u00fe\u00f3r J\u00fal\u00edus Bj\u00f6rnsson, shirtless, with tattoos.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"KSW\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/070_KSW105_ASR07976.jpg\" data-caption=\"Hall was making his professional mixed martial arts debut\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/070_KSW105_ASR07976.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Hall was making his professional mixed martial arts debutCredit: KSW<\/p>\n<p><a aria-label=\"Hall (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/eddie-hall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hall<\/a>, 37, was a huge underdog going into the fight as he only had two fights &#8211; a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/boxing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boxing<\/a> match against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/hafthor-bjornsson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hafthor Bjornsson<\/a> and a freak 2-vs-1 contest against the Neffati brothers &#8211; to his name.<\/p>\n<p>But &#8216;The Beast&#8217; overcame Pudzianowski&#8217;s 16 years of experience to win the mammoth melee in Gliwice.<\/p>\n<p>He did so in devastating fashion, taking just 30 seconds to KO his opponent.<\/p>\n<p>Hall hurt Pudzianoswki with a big stiff right hand after pressing the Polish icon against the cage.<\/p>\n<p>Pudzianowski wobbled and immediately shot for a takedown, which Hall stuffed, to avoid more power shots.<\/p>\n<p>Hall wound up in top position and proceeded to drop bomb after bomb on a fallen Pudzianowski.<\/p>\n<p>And the referee mercifully waved off the contest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/mma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA<\/a> rookie Hall openly admitted he was scared to be sharing the cage with KSW vet Pudzianowski.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cIf you\u2019re not scared, you\u2019re not nervous then something\u2019s not right.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let\u2019s face it, I\u2019m going up against Mariusz Pudzianowski; 26 professional fights, five times World\u2019s Strongest Man.<\/p>\n<p>Eddie Hall faces off against Mariusz Pudzianowski in pre fight press conference  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He\u2019s a fierce, fierce man and to get in the cage and exchange leather with a man whose had 26 fights? I\u2019ve had one!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I\u2019ve got a lot to be scared of and the four-minute rounds has been a tough thing for me to accept as well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He\u2019s got a lot of advantages, but I\u2019ve said, \u2018Sod it. Why not let him have four-minute rounds? Let\u2019s just get this done.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hall underwent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/34655954\/eddie-hall-body-transformation-diet-mma\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">huge body transformation<\/a> ahead of the fight, shedding 45kg.<\/p>\n<p>He ditched his famous 12,000-calorie-a-day diet to weigh in at 150kg &#8211; a far cry from his 195kg strongman days.<\/p>\n<p>The MMA win means he has achieved what he failed to do in boxing.<\/p>\n<p>Hall lost on his boxing debut to another strongman, Haf\u00fe\u00f3r J\u00fal\u00edus Bj\u00f6rnsson, also known as Thor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EDDIE HALL scored a stunning upset win over Mariusz Puzianowski in his professional mixed martial arts debut. 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