Inside Eddie Hall’s incredible body transformation as Brit ditches 12k-calorie-a-day diet to drop 45KG for MMA debut
EDDIE HALL has shed a whopping 45kg ahead of his professional MMA debut.
The 2017 World’s Strongest Man fights five-time winner of the competition Mariusz Pudzianowski in tonight’s KSW 105 in Poland.
Hall has undergone an incredible body transformation for the clash, ditching his famous 12,000-calorie-a-day diet to be a lean machine in the octagon.
The Staffordshire-born star weighed around a staggering 195kg (31 stone) during his World Strongest Man days.
But when stepping onto the scales for his face-off with Pudzianowski last night, Hall tipped them to 150kg (23 stone, eight pounds).
It completed a stunning 45kg (seven stone) turnaround from when he was at his heaviest.
Meanwhile, Pudzianowski came in at 120kg (19 stone) for tonight’s dust-up.
Hall has shed the pounds by going on a strict diet and it has helped him reduce his weight from 170kg (26 stone) when his preparation started.
The 37-year-old told Bloody Elbow: “I just eat nothing but meat, eggs and dairy on the carnivore diet for this fight prep.
“It’s been a pretty good diet, helped me to maintain all of my muscle mass and I’ve dropped body fat.
“My energy levels are through the roof, my endurance is insane so that’s pretty much been the diet.
“I’ve not restricted what I eat at all, I eat as much of it as I want.
“I feel good and the main thing about it is that with my training, it’s not about the weight but how fit I am.
“Am I doing these four-minute rounds and being able to recover within 90 seconds to go again?
“At the minute, I can say yes. I’ve got no intention to lose too much weight because the cardio is there.”
Despite the stunning transformation, Hall made fun of his size during the weigh-in by sticking his stomach out towards his 48-year-old rival, who claims he does not have the fitness for an MMA bout.
Hall used to hit the 12,000 calorie mark daily but cut down to 10,000 after retiring from Strongman competitions.
He previously told SunSport that doctors demanded he stopped his old eating habits as he was too big and at risk of “heart attack, stroke, kidney failure and liver failure”.