Eddie Hall responded to Joe Rogan’s criticism of his boxing technique with a hope that Instagram clips give rival Hafthor Bjornsson more confidence for their fight

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Eddie Hall hopes Hafthor Bjornsson is being lulled into a false sense of security by watching short clips of his sparring online.

The fight between the rivals and former World’s Strongest Men winners is finally happening after an initial delay due to Hall’s bicep injury.

Hall showed off his impressive body transformation on Instagram as he gets ready for the fight

The Joe Rogan Experience

Having watched many rounds of boxing and martial arts, Rogan spoke about Hall’s technique and was not impressed

The former strongmen were due to face each other in the ring in September, but the bout will now take place on 19 March.

Hall has been training for more than a year and in March last year, defended criticism of his technique from UFC commentator Joe Rogan.

On an episode of his podcast, Rogan and guest, CrossFit legend Mat Fraser, watched some footage of Hall’s boxing workouts.

Rogan was not overly impressed with what he saw.

“That’s not good,” he said. “Right away we’re seeing that we have a real problem. Yeah, this is terrible. He’s very rudimentary, but also you see that his body is very stiff.

“Looking at him sparring there, he’s just not moving so good… This is super stiff. He’s throwing these punches with his arms. These are arm punches, almost like he shouldn’t be hitting things.”

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Hall had a few things to say in response.

“I love Joe Rogan, I absolutely do love Joe Rogan,” he said in a Q&A video on his YouTube channel.

“Look man, people can speculate, they can make assumptions, they can guess, they can do whatever they want, but I’m knocking Thor out. There’s no doubt in my mind. So, people can say whatever they want.

“I take no offense to Joe Rogan’s comments. He’s an experienced guy, he knows what he’s talking about, but he doesn’t know the full picture. You look at a few clips, you can’t make assumptions from that.

“It doesn’t bother me in the slightest, it doesn’t put me off,” he continued.

“I hope it gives Thor more confidence, because he needs it. He’s in deep trouble. And I’d still love to go on The Joe Rogan Show and tell him a story for everyone to hear.”

The fight, in Dubai, is the result of simmering bad blood between the competitors.

The feud began when Hall won the 2017 World’s Strongest Man and Bjornsson accused the Brit of cheating during the Viking Press.

And while Hall has kept a fair bit of weight on, Thor has slimmed down.

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