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The Mountain Says ‘I Could Have Crushed Conor McGregor’ Sparring at Full Power

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Last Updated onApril 9, 2018

Hafthor Julius Bjornsson

Hafþór Julius Björnsson who plays “The Mountain” on hit TV show “Game of Thrones,” says he “held back” when he sparred Conor McGregor back in 2015.

You remember the video, 6’9″, 400-lb strongman decided to square off against 5’9″, 154lb MMA fighter Connor McGregor in Ireland before Conor’s big fight against Jose Aldo. Could the little guy from Ireland stand up to the much larger man from Iceland?

According to a recent interview on RT Sport, Björnsson admitted that he held back during the encounter and claimed that, had he wanted, he could’ve done some serious damage to his much smaller opponent.

“If I would push all my power into him, I would crush him. Crush him,” said the World’s Strongest Man runner-up for the past two years. “I had to hold myself back because I have too much power for a man his size.”

And he’s right…

Published: 3 November, 2017 | 1:48 AM EDT

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  1. Avatar Cody says:
    4 years ago

    Uh floyd maywether knocked him out yet people think he would even have a prayer against that man come on did you even read the article dude is the second strongest man on the planet not just an actor any one of those times he grabbed Connor he could have picked him up and thrown him at the wall and hed of looked similar to when you swat a fly… you can be his fan and still be realistic… I don’t see him going for that heavyweight title wonder why?

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