Hafthor Bjornsson, known for his role of "The Mountain" on HBO's "Game of Thrones," admits he went easy on Conor McGregor during their famous sparring session in 2015.
The 6-foot-9, 400-pound Icelandic strongman went toe-to-toe with McGregor in Ireland leading up to his fight against Jose Aldo at UFC 194.
"I had to hold myself back, because I have too much power for a man his size," Bjornsson told RT Sport. "If I would've pushed all my power into him, I would crush him."
McGregor didn't seem to think Bjornsson was holding himself back at the time, though.
"I was hitting him with some shots," McGregor said in December 2015. "I had to hit him with some shots. He was trying to hit me as well. He wasn't taking it easy. He tried to grab me and tried to pull my head off. I defended, freed the head. I was like this motherf---er is so big, I have to start smashing him to the body."
