Eddie Hall defeats two in one fight at Blackburn's King George's Hall

Eddie Hall defeats two in one fight at Blackburn’s King George’s Hall

Corridor, standing at 6ft 3in and weighing 23.5 stone took on social media superstars the Neffati Brothers in an MMA battle organised by the World Freak Struggle League.

It marked the 36-year-old’s return to fight sports activities after his defeat to strongman rival Hafthor ‘The Mountain’ Bjornsson in a boxing match two years in the past.

Corridor, who was born in Staffordshire, squared off to Jamil and Jamel Neffati, who’ve 19 million followers on TikTok.

Eddie Corridor combating towards the Neffati Brothers at King George’s Corridor in Blackburn (Picture: World Freak Struggle League/Neo Vale Tudo/X)

The Polish-born brothers had been vastly outweighed by their big opponent – Corridor weighed in at 26.2 stone whereas the brothers’ mixed weight was simply 20.7 stone compared.

A sluggish begin to the battle noticed the primary two rounds go by with out a lot taking place, with the brothers largely refusing to interact and Corridor not capable of catch them.

In spherical three although, the brothers went for it, which grew to become an issue when Corridor picked one among them up and slammed him into the ground.

The battle was briefly stopped so the Neffati on the ground might be checked and carried out of the cage earlier than the battle continued.

Corridor then dropped the opposite brother and a takedown and a floor strike later, the referee put a cease to the battle and declared Corridor the winner.

Among the many different bouts on the night was Ed Sheeran lookalike Ty Jones, aka ‘Sheeranator’, taking over Stormzy lookalike Papa Snow.

 

Ben Hatchett and Megan Olivia confronted Whitney and Joel Ainscough in a pair’s battle, whereas Salim Chiboub and Radoslaw Wolan additionally fought.

Within the ‘No Time Restrict’ class, Kamil Jagielski got here up towards Myles Raksu, the ‘OG Freak Struggle’ noticed Jakub Szymanski battle Tadeas Vesely, and ‘Blended Guidelines’ featured professional boxer Jack Fay vs MMA professional Chris Fishgold.

Previous to the showdown, Blackburn with Darwen councillor Zamir Khan mentioned: “I believe it’s nice. I’d like to see extra of those occasions come to Blackburn.

“I keep in mind once I was a child, I went to look at Big Haystacks battle Huge Daddy, so it’s good to have one thing to deliver again these occasions with nationwide protection.

“After all, I’d like to see extra of those fights as a result of why not?”