Eddie Hall has built a name for himself in Strongman but has developed a passion toward combat sports in recent years. In turn, he has been in contact with numerous prominent figures in the community, but recently met up with one of the most impressive fighters in history. Namely, Eddie Hall visited Rico Verhoeven, the current kickboxing (Glory) World Champion. So, during their training session, Rico hit Eddie with a leg kick, completely sweeping the former Strongman off his feet.
Eddie Hall decided to spend an entire day with Rico Verhoeven, which included eating the same food and performing multiple training sessions together. However, since the Dutch kickboxer was in an active preparation camp for his next fight, Eddie was in for a difficult day. Although he managed to endure all the challenges that Rico placed in front of him, Eddie still wanted to see what it felt like to get hit by one of the most powerful leg kicks in the world.
Rico Verhoeven started off light, hitting Eddie with just a fraction of what he was capable of. Nevertheless, Hall told him to increase the power of his kicks and soon asked for a full-power leg kick. Well, Verhoeven gave him just that, hitting Eddie so hard that he dropped to the floor, holding his leg and trying to push through the pain. Despite being in pain, Eddie got back up with the help from Rico but had a significant limp for a few minutes.
Watch Eddie Hall receive a leg kick from Rico Verhoeven here:
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Eddie Hall is currently preparing for a potential MMA match as he looks to further pursue his career in combat sports. He wants to battle against Mariusz Pudzianowski, who is 5x World’s Strongest Man but also a long-time MMA competitor. So Eddie will be up for a big challenge, but the lessons he learned from Rico Verhoeven could come in handy.
Eddie Hall has already spent some time in both the ring and the octagon. He first battled the 2018 World’s Strongest Man, Hafthor Bjornsson, in a boxing match, which he ended up losing via the judges decision. However, as of recently, Eddie moved over to MMA and already had an interesting match. Namely, he battled two men at once and ended up winning the match after displaying a brutal knockout.
While waiting for the confirmation of his match against Mariusz Pudzianowski, Eddie Hall has decided to go against the 4x WSM Brian Shaw in arm wrestling. The two titans will go head-to-head as a part of King of The Table 13, which will take place on December 14th in Atlantic City. Hall is definitely an underdog in the matchup but has been training hard in hopes of putting up a surprising performance.
It is clear that Eddie Hall’s life is very active and that he is seriously pursuing to replicate his success from Strongman in other sports as well. It will not be easy since he has had an incredible Strongman career, winning the 2017 World’s Strongest Man competition and being the first man ever to deadlift 500 kilograms (1.102.3 pounds). Despite that, Eddie has recently stated that there is basically no chance that he would return to Strongman, mainly because of health and family reasons.
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Rico Verhoeven’s brutal leg kick left Eddie Hall on the ground, but the famous kickboxer is not the first man to achieve that. This is because Eddie was actually knocked out during a sparring session, where his partner struck him with a powerful leg kick to the head. Nonetheless, this shows that Eddie is pushing himself to the limits in order to get used to combat sports.
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