Jana Pittman punches Alicia Molik right off the show
A confronting exercise on SAS Australia has seen celebrity recruits paired up for the vicious one-on-one battles, leaving one contender seriously injured.
Brutal matches saw the stars fight each other as the rest of the group watched on until the ex-Special Forces soldiers told them they could stop.
It ended with one recruit in hospital, and another walking away from the show.
Recruits must fight each other
In the second task of Monday night’s episode, the recruits had to test their physical and mental resilience in hand-to-hand combat.
“You stand toe-to-toe at all times," said staff Ant Middleton. "This isn’t boxing. No f**king dancing around, no defending yourselves, the only form of defence is attack.
“The only way you’re going to counter the violence, is with extreme violence."
The first recruit up was former AFL player Heath Shaw. Asked to pick an opponent, he chose the biggest in the pack, ex-South Sydney Rabbitohs caption Sam Burgess, who eventually won the fight.
The group was then asked to volunteer to fight surfer Koby Abberton, and five guys put raised their hands. Home and Away actor Dan Ewing was chosen to take on the Bra Boy surfer.
Abberton came out the winner.
Recruits uncomfortable watching girls fight
In another alarming battle, the oldest recruit on the show, 55-year-old beach volleyball legend Kerri Pottharst, was paired with track athlete Jessica Peris, 28.
Jess clearly overwhelmed the Olympic gold medallist who kept turning her back.
Singer Bonnie Anderson teared up watching the fight, while Abberton was visibly upset, commenting, “Don’t hit too hard on her face.”
He even lunged forward during the fight, wanting to intervene, and whispering, “Stop.”
“My life has been around violence,” he admitted. “Violence towards women, that’s my mum’s life. Girls are strong people.
“I have a five-year-old, I don’t want him to grow up the way I grew up, I don’t want him to see that sort of violence”.
Pete Murray injured
Next up, former tennis player Mark Philippoussis went against 51-year-old Pete Murray.
They slugged it out as the directing staff chanted, “come on,” “keep fighting,” “punch straight.”
Suddenly Murray dropped to the ground. He had painfully dislocated his elbow.
The recruits looked uneasy as he held his arm in pain.
“What are you staring at, this is what its all about,” DS Jason ‘Foxy’ fox said. “Get your head in the game, if you don’t like watching it, f**k off.”
Murray asked the on-site doctor if he could pop it back into place, but was told he needed hospital and X-rays.
Given the seriousness of the injury, he was medically withdrawn from the course.
Middleton then addressed the rest of the recruits.
“I told you, you’re going to get cuts, bruisers, stitches, breaks, it’s what I said at the beginning, this is not a f**king game,” he says.
“If you don’t like it, give me your numbers, grab your kit and f**k off.”
Alicia Molik withdraws
The last fight of the night was dual Olympian Jana Pittman against tennis champion Alicia Molik.
During the fight, Pittman was more of the aggressor and Molik stepped back and turned away.
She then fully walked away and Middleton asked if she wanted to quit. She handed over her number, becoming the sixth to voluntarily withdraw from the course.
“I just got scared,” she admitted. “I thought I’d be a good fighter, I tried my best."