Demetrious Johnson holds a place among the greatest MMA fighters ever.
But the fact he’s just 5ft 3in means many doubt he’d beat much larger opponents, even ones with limited combat experience.
Eddie Hall proved how much an advantage size can be after the 350lb beast tossed around 28-fight veteran Mariusz Pudzianowski and won his MMA debut inside 30 seconds back in April.
And it was that fight that got Johnson thinking about how he’d fare against the 2017 World’s Strongest Man.
How Tom Aspinall sees a Johnson vs Hall fight going
Interim UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall helped Hall get ready for his MMA debut.
Footage of the pair sparring together went viral ahead of The Beast’s fight at KSW 105 in Poznan, Poland.
And that makes Aspinall an ideal figure to weigh in on a potential fight between Johnson and Hall.
The question came from The Overdogs Podcast, where a producer asked: “How many ‘Mighty Mouse’ would it take to beat Eddie Hall?”
Aspinall replied: “In all honesty, if you had an MMA fight, I think you’d beat him.”
“No, dude, he’s f—–g big,” Johnson responded.
And Aspinall agreed to an extent, adding: “Yeah, but in an MMA fight… I don’t know. It’s difficult to say, the size is a thing. But if you’ve got like a big UFC octagon.”
What’s next for Eddie Hall?
They will run it back, but Hall has already made it clear Pudzianowski isn’t the rematch he wants.
He’s already been linked with a number of big names in the sport, with Conor McGregor, Dillon Danis and Francis Ngannou among them.
But Hall also sent a stomping warning directly to Tyson Fury and Jake Paul after his win, so there’s no telling where things go from here.
Whoever he faces next, though, it’s clear Hall has arrived as a new and unique presence in the sport
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