Eddie Hall’s long-awaited MMA debut ended in brutal fashion. The former World’s Strongest Man’s bizarre handicap match was part of a World Freak Fight League event at King George's Hall in Blackburn on Friday night. Hall squared off against Jamil and Jamel Neffati – also known as The Neffati Brothers - who are TikTok superstars with millions of followers on the platform.
The Polish-born siblings may have had the numerical advantage, but they were massively outweighed by their opponent as Hall tipped the scales at 26.2 stone. In comparison, Jamil and Jamel weighed 20.
7 stone combined on fight night. From the first bell, they seemed very aware of the danger in front of them. The Neffati Brothers circled Hall during round one and nothing of note happened until ‘The Beast’ screamed at the pair to ‘Just f***ing do something’.
A booing crown didn’t change anything in the second stanza. The social media superstars refused to engage again, and Hall was unable to catch them when they ran away. Round three was total carange and very much worth the wait.
The brothers finally decide to have a go at Hall, but it quickly became clear that they had made a grave mistake when he picked one of them up and suplexed him to the floor. As the other attacks him, Hall knocks him out cold with one punch. With one of the Neffati’s snoring face-down on the canvas, the fight was stopped so he could be checked over and carried out of the cage before the bout continues as a typical one.
