{"id":556948,"date":"2026-03-24T06:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T06:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/556948\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T06:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T06:53:07","slug":"eddie-hall-hints-darren-till-mma-match-in-june-return-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/556948\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Hall Hints Darren Till MMA Match in June Return Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"

The announcement follows Eddie Hall<\/a>\u2018s professional MMA debut last year against fellow World\u2019s Strongest Man Mariusz Pudzianowski. The fight lasted only 30 seconds, with Hall winning via TKO after hard ground-and-pound, although the result sparked debate when Pudzianowski complained about illegal strikes.<\/p>\n

Since then, Eddie Hall\u2019s name has been associated with countless crossover fights. Fans speculated about a potential fight with Francis Ngannou before the heavyweight was scheduled to face Philipe Lins on the Netflix MMA card. With another fight now confirmed for June, the strongman\u2019s return once again opens the door for unusual matchups.<\/p>\n

A meeting with Darren Till<\/a> would undoubtedly fit the pattern. Till has competed in boxing since leaving the UFC and has been involved in multiple crossover call-outs, keeping his name in the spotlight whenever huge exhibition-style fights are proposed. The two have also traded comments in interviews before, mostly joking about possible fights, which only fueled fan interest.<\/p>\n

For now, Eddie Hall\u2019s attention is focused on the June 13 event in Manchester, but his words suggest that he is already thinking about what comes next. If the return goes as planned, a fight with Darren Till may soon become one of the most highly anticipated crossover matches in British combat sports. But do you know that there was another fighter that the strongman also wanted to face?<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEddie Hall wanted a one-on-one with the \u2018most hated guy in MMA\u2019<\/p>\n

Eddie Hall\u2019s plans for June may involve Darren Till, but the strongman also had another opponent. In fact, before the latest return announcement, he openly admitted that there was one guy he truly wanted to face, and it wasn\u2019t a former UFC striker\u2014it was one of the most controversial figures in MMA.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really want to fight Dillon Danis<\/a>,\u201d Hall told DuelBits. \u201cHe\u2019s got to be the most hated guy in MMA. I can\u2019t believe how arrogant he is.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe says that he seriously thinks he can take me, but he\u2019s deluded. Danis is definitely running scared; if he wasn\u2019t, then he would\u2019ve signed a contract to fight me by now.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the time, the clash seemed impossible due to the massive size disparity, but the idea still caught attention among fans who enjoy crossover fights. Danis has remained busy with grappling fights and special events, including bookings against Colby Covington and Arman Tsarukyan, which only adds to the uncertainty around whether a clash with Hall will ever happen.<\/p>\n

Still, with the strongman talking about big fights after June, it wouldn\u2019t be surprising if that old callout comes back into the conversation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The announcement follows Eddie Hall\u2018s professional MMA debut last year against fellow World\u2019s Strongest Man Mariusz Pudzianowski. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-556948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}