Jon Anik weighs in on if UFC 333 is do-or-die for Movsar Evloev’s championship hopes Merab Dvalishvili open to fight Song Yadong at UFC 334 with win at UFC 333 Thor “The Mountain” Bjornsson scores a knockdown against Eddie Hall at a boxing match in Abu Dhabi on Saturday @BoyReattie, Twitter On 20 April 2022, Hall got a tattoo on his foot stating “World’s Strongest Man – Hafthor Julius Bjornsson” to commemorate the fight and his loss. After managing to fend off exhausted Hall from delivering an anticipated haymaker during the rest of the round, Björnsson convincingly won the sixth round and the fight. Despite Hall having prior experience in boxing and fighting in general, Björnsson didn’t.
During these competitions, he established world records in car deadlift, deadlift ladder, wheelbarrow carry, mooring-bitt carry, 15 kg (33 lb) keg toss, 160–200 kg (353–441 lb) Atlas stones run, Basque circle, and several bus and truck pull events. He also broke world records in the Atlas stones and keg-toss for speed events after an duel with Shaw. After breaking the world record in the six-piece Atlas stones run, loading all six stones weighing 100–200 kg (220–441 lb) onto whiskey barrels within 27.05 seconds, Björnsson said “I’m the future of strength, and I’m king of the stones!” Björnsson started his 2014 by winning the inaugural World’s Strongest Viking competition held in Vinstra, Norway, with a world record in Viking lumberjack tree-sledge pull event. In the local context, Björnsson repeated his Icelandic majors threepeat, and tossed a 25 kg (55 lb) keg, over 6 metres (19 ft 8 in) at the 2012 Icelandic Highland Games, thus breaking both Riku Kiri’s 20 kg (44 lb) and Gary Taylor’s 25 kg (55 lb) keg-toss world records. At 2012 World’s Strongest Man he won his first WSM podium finish by placing third behind Žydrūnas Savickas and Vytautas Lalas with two event wins which included a world record in the natural stone loading event.
- Despite having no formal strongman training, young Björnsson surprised the field by carrying the 220 kg (485 lb) stone four revolutions around the plinth, breaking the world record.
- The longstanding beef between the strongmen has been settled in the ring
- “The first TITAN WEIGHT fighter in history, ready to take on this new challenge,” Björnsson said at the time.
- At the 2014 World’s Strongest Man in a stacked lineup of 12 athletes in the finals, Björnsson came very close to winning the title, when he finished only half a point behind Savickas, and two and a half points ahead of Shaw.
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I guess it happened because I wanted to beat Eddie Hall up. Highlights from all 6 Rounds between Thor vs Eddie… 🔥 #ThorVsEddie pic.twitter.com/cVZO65jCcO Despite their issues, the duo embraced in the ring as the former Game of Thrones star celebrated his victory. All three judges scored Björnsson the winner and he was handed a championship belt. The Icelandic strongman could smell blood from that point forward and looked for that perfect shot, in an attempt to preserve energy. When asked if the feud was behind him after the fight, Björnsson said he felt good, but he understood if Hall was still upset after the loss.
By Unanimous Decision Thor defeats Eddie Hall #ThorVsEddie pic.twitter.com/8FR6DATfBR Thor ‘The Mountain’ Bjornsson and Eddie Hall squared off in the heaviest boxing match of all time. “He’s too angry, he’s like a 16-year-old boy, if you cannot control your emotions you cannot fight. There’s no way that man can fight six rounds against me. The pair were locked at the top of the standings before a controversial ruling in the ‘Viking Press’ event saw Thor docked a rep, which ultimately led to him losing the overall competition.