Former World’s Strongest Man Eddie Hall Feared Going to Jail After Brutally Knocking Out Opponent in 2 vs. 1 MMA Fight

Eddie Hall recently recalled his infamous 2v1 octagon fight in a podcast with UFC veteran, Michael Bisping. The former Strongman has transitioned into combat sports following his retirement. After a few months of training, he decided to step into the cage against two fighters, both about a foot shorter than him.

While Hall knocked them out in spectacular fashion, he truly believed that he was going to prison for it.

On the Believe You Me Podcast, Hall spoke about the incident and one KO in particular,

“I felt sorry for him as well….you usually feel something on the end of your fist. I didn’t feel anything, it just went through his face…..Because I didn’t feel anything it was like,…. ‘Oh man I’m gonna go prison now’.” 

Luckily for Hall, his opponent did end up regaining his consciousness just a few minutes later. The Brit even spoke to him afterward and the Neffati brother revealed to him that his head was sore for a few days.

Hall was already limited going into the fight since the promotion that was putting on the show had a set of rules that he needed to follow.

Hall detailed the rules that he had to follow on the same podcast episode,

“We had a few agreements in place where I couldn’t actually put my body weight and slam them into the ground because you don’t want to break people’s necks and stuff.”

The Neffati Brothers knew what they were getting into when they challenged Eddie Hall to a fight. So, the Brit praised them for having the courage to step into the cage with him.

He then spoke about how he offered the Neffati brothers to wear 8 oz or 12 oz gloves but the pair were adamant on wearing 4 oz gloves like in a real MMA fight.

The fight did not last long though as everyone predicted. The size and power difference was just way too much to handle for the brothers. And after a brief skirmish, they came to realize that it would take a few more of them to mount an offense on Hall. The strongman landed a couple of quick shots and finished the fight, much to the delight of fans.