Five-time World’s Strongest Man (WSM) Mariusz Pudzianowski and 2017 WSM winner Eddie Hall may be preparing to fight in a mixed martial arts contest.
Hall announced on his Instagram page that the fight between him and Pudzianowski would be set for Saturday, April 26, 2025. It will be sanctioned by Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW), a Polish MMA organization that Pudzianowski is a member of, as part of their KWS 105 event in PreZero Arena Gliwice in Gilwice, Poland.
Hall shared that if the fight happens, it will last two four-minute rounds. The final component to make it official is for Pudzianowski to sign the contract.
“Sign the contract already,” Hall wrote in his caption of the post. Pudzianowski also promoted the fight on his social media, but KSW did not promote the proposed fight at the time of this article’s publication.
If the two strongman legends face off, Pudzianowski enters with an extensive experience advantage. He transitioned to MMA in 2009 after retiring from strongman. As of June 2023, he has a record of 17 wins, nine losses, and one no-contest. His most recent fight was a loss against Artur Szpilka via technical knockout in the second round.
This would be Hall’s second time entering an MMA cage. He previously beat two fighters in an exhibition fight in June 2024. His only other fighting experience was against 2018 WSM Hafthor Björnsson in a boxing match sanctioned by CoreSports in March 2022. Björnsson won the fight by unanimous decision.
Hall faced four-time WSM Brian Shaw in an arm wrestling event in December 2024. The best-of-seven series went 4-2 in Shaw’s favor. Shaw was scheduled to make his MMA debut in 2024, but the fight was postponed due to a contract breach. For the time being, it appears his focus remains arm wrestling.
BarBend will update this article as most details regarding the Hall vs. Pudzianowski fight become available.
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