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Fans call out Eddie Hall for what he did during MMA debut as fight ends inside 30 seconds

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Updated 21:35 26 Apr 2025 GMT+1Published 21:03 26 Apr 2025 GMT+1

Fans call out Eddie Hall for what he did during MMA debut as fight ends inside 30 seconds

Eddie Hall destroyed Mariusz Pudzianowski in a super-heavyweight fight for KSW on Saturday night.

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Eddie Hall won his professional MMA debut in just 30 seconds but fans disputed the victory in KSW.

Hall, who won the World's Strongest Man competition in 2017, squared off against Mariusz Pudzianowski - who won the title five times before transitioning into MMA.

Pudzianowski had won 17 out of his 27 career fights going into the super-heavyweight bout with Hall at KSW 105 on Saturday night but was destroyed in 30 seconds by Hall, who was fast out of the traps and immediately went to work.

Hall, who had a bizarre 2v1 MMA bout against the Neffati Brothers, dropped 48-year-old Pudzianowski to the canvas and pummelled his opponent to the point the referee was forced to step in and stop the contest.

But fans were not convinced by what looked to be a dominant victory against a legitimate and experienced MMA fighter, spotting the amount of 'illegal' shots to the back of the head used by Hall, who weighed in 67lbs heavier at a whopping 334lbs.

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Pudzianowski complained about the punches but was unsuccessful with his appeals.

One commented: "That looks staged not to mention the hammer fists in the back of the head…. I would expect nothing less."

A second said: "How many of those strikes hit the back of the head even the first one that cause the drop."

A third added: "Nah thats crazy, he hammer fisted the back of his head until he fell down lol."

A fourth fumed: "Eddie Hall should've been immediately disqualified for those multiple punches to the back of the head.. Absolutely shambolic."

A final user wrote: "I think more punches landed to the back of dude’s head than not."

Eddie Hall was humbled by UFC fighter in training

Hall's power and explosiveness is not to be taken lightly and achieved a higher scorer than Francis Ngannou on the punching machine at the UFC Performance Institute.

But he is a novice in MMA and speaking ahead of his first fight, the 37-year-old admitted he had a tough time trying to deal with UFC interim heavyweight Tom Aspinall in sparring and grappling.

Eddie Hall won his first official MMA fight on Saturday night. Image: Getty
Eddie Hall won his first official MMA fight on Saturday night. Image: Getty

"You can't get any better than that, he told talkSPORT.

"He might not be the number one in the world, but in my eyes, I think he is the number one in the world when it comes down to it.

"So to go and hang with the best in the world has been a massive privilege.

"[It was] also a very humbling experience. I'll be honest, you spar with Tom and grapple with Tom.

"You don't realise how f****** w*** you are until you grapple and spar with someone like that!"

Featured Image Credit: KSW

Topics: Eddie Hall, MMA, Fan Reactions

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Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and WWE. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has covered two WrestleMania events for SPORTbible.

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