Eddie Hall is about to be a part of one of the largest fights in MMA history — literally.
KSW 105 hosts a legitimate battle of giants and former World's Strongest Men on April 26 when Hall collides with MMA veteran Mariusz Pudzianowski in Gliwice, Poland. The matchup represents Hall's official MMA debut after he went viral for a 2-on-1 fight against the Neffati brothers in 2024. Outside of the "freakshow" bout, Hall has previously boxed against a fellow World's Strongest Man winner, Thor Bjornsson, who defeated Hall via unanimous decision in 2022.
For the Brit, a fight with Pudzianowski is a dream come true.
"I grew up watching Mariusz Pudzianowski lift up the stones, pull planes," Hall said Tuesday on Uncrowned's "The Ariel Helwani Show." "He's probably one of the main reasons why I even got into Strongman. To be competing against Mariusz, albeit in a whole different world, in the fight world, it is a massive privilege.
"It's no small task on Mariusz's behalf as well. He's got 16 years experience — 26 or 27 pro fights, but he's putting it all on the line to fight me, that's for sure."
Hall said he'd been toying with the idea of a more ordinary type of fight rather than his previous multi-man matchup since his viral dalliance with the Neffati brothers. Other names came up as possibilities, and one thing led to another for the 2017 World's Strongest Man winner.
"It was kind of my idea," Hall said of the fight. "I was training to fight Brian Shaw and Martin Ford and Mike Mitchell, who are all just gigantic men, World's Strongest Man winners. That fell through and I just felt a little miffed, and I felt like I did sort of statement training for no reason whatsoever. So I thought I've got to do something with it — the next man in line was Mariusz Pudzianowski. I put lots of feelers out and have been in communication with KSW for over a year. It's finally come to fruition."
Pudzianowski, while being right up Hall's alley as a similar athletic specimen, is as legitimate of a first real MMA opponent as Hall could possibly draw. The iconic Pol has amassed an impressive 17-9 MMA record since he debuted in 2019. At age 48, Pudzianowski enters the bout on a two-fight losing skid.
Unlike the majority of Pudzianowski's fights, the Hall pairing will be at super heavyweight with no ...
