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<\/p>\nEXCLUSIVE: Phil De Fries believes he\u2019s come up with the perfect ruleset for a showdown with Eddie Hall.<\/p>\n
The gifted mixed martial artist has proven himself to be one of the most terrifying heavyweights on the planet, having defended his title 13 times in one of Europe\u2019s biggest promotions.<\/p>\n
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Phil De Fries pitches cage-boxing fight to Eddie Hall<\/p>\n
On Saturday night, Phil De Fries<\/a> will put his belt on the line at XTB KSW 117, against Marcin W\u00f3jcik, inside the COS Torwar in Warszawa, Poland.<\/p>\n Should he emerge from the contest unscathed, then the Englishman would revel in the opportunity to go head-to-head with Eddie Hall<\/a>. However, having accumulated far more experience in mixed martial arts than the 2017 World\u2019s Strongest Man, the powerhouse has suggested an interesting way he could settle his differences with \u2018The Beast\u2019.<\/p>\n WOW: \u2018I got bad vibes\u2019\u2026 Alistair Overeem knocked out a teammate in the UFC after the icons developed a fierce rivalry in the gym<\/a><\/p>\n When asked about whether he\u2019d take on Hall during an exclusive interview with Sporf, De Fries replied: \u201cI\u2019d love to. He called me out. You kind of have to earn a shot at the KSW title. We could do a freak fight, like cage-boxing, that would give him a bit more of a chance. I think in a full MMA fight, I don\u2019t think he\u2019d have much of a chance. I\u2019m pretty good, and he\u2019s not really an MMA fighter. I thought Mariusz Pudzianowski<\/a> was gonna beat him, so he is good, but I\u2019m definitely up for that one. That would be a good one.\u201d<\/p>\n Phil De Fries predicts stoppage victory at XTB KSW 117<\/p>\n While De Fries would love to battle it out with Hall, for now, his focus is firmly set on W\u00f3jcik. However, while the 39-year-old rates his opponent highly, he doesn\u2019t foresee the contest going the distance.<\/p>\n De Fries predicted: \u201cHe\u2019s a great all-rounder. He\u2019s dangerous everywhere, but he\u2019s a lot smaller than me. When I rehydrate, I\u2019ll probably be 20KG heavier than him. It\u2019s a tough fight, but I\u2019m always feeling confident, I\u2019m going to get on him straight away like I always do, and go for the early finish, two rounds hopefully.\u201d<\/p>\n Featured Image Credit: KSW\/Getty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Phil De Fries believes he\u2019s come up with the perfect ruleset for a showdown with Eddie Hall.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,29167,786,295832,785,112122,85],"class_list":["post-608318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-eddie-hall","tag-fighting","tag-ksw-117","tag-mma","tag-phil-de-fries","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"YouTube](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776251289_665_hqdefault.jpg\")
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