Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Not only did he star in several sports blockbusters, including one of his earliest hits, the football movie Gridiron Gang, which helped establish him as a box office star, but he also played did. “The Tooth Fairy” starring hockey star Derek Thompson Among other things. Now he will try his hand at MMA.Johnson is preparing for a legendary play. MMA fighter Mark Carr appears in biopic 'The Smashing Machine' Scheduled for release in 2025.
The A24 movie is still in pre-production, but Johnson is fully committed to the role. The 52-year-old, one of Hollywood's biggest stars and one of the hardest working actors, talked about his MMA training and training regimen in a recent Instagram video. 'The Rock' opened up about his training regimen and the support he is receiving from the UFC community for his upcoming biopic.
Dwayne Johnson thanks Dana White and Jon Jones
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'The Rock' took to his Instagram account to talk about the constant training regime that prepares him to properly play Mark Carr. The WWE superstar has started training for MMA and is having a lot of fun with it. Additionally, he expressed his gratitude to the UFC, Dana White, John Jones, Daniel Cormierand Jorge Masvidal We would like to thank them for their support and advice throughout the process.
“When you go to mixed martial arts training, you get in the cage and wait for the next hour or 90 minutes. By the way, I've become a student of the game and I'm having a hell of a time. All of my coaches, And I can't thank everyone at the UFC enough, from Dana to Jon Jones to Daniel Cormier and just everyone. Thank you so much, Jorge Masvidal. Thank you so much, everyone. I hope you're proud of me. And I've had back-to-back training camps ranging from professional wrestling to mixed martial arts.” Johnson added in a heartwarming video.
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'The Rock' has been training hard for the biopic, which is set in the early days of the once-no-holds-barred sport, and revealed filming will begin in the next few weeks. . “And we're starting filming in a few weeks, and I can't wait. It's all about the life of Mark Carr and the man who, in the wild, Wild West era, became an unstoppable leader in MMA.” It's a tribute to everyone from that time.” he added.
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movie records Kerr's mixed martial arts career, highlighting his contributions to the sport As one of its pioneers and one of its most entertaining fighters. It will be a dramatized retelling of events and will be inspired by the 2002 HBO documentary of the same name. Ahead of the movie, let's take a look at his mixed martial arts career.
How Mark Carr got into MMA
As a child, Mark Carr dreamed of joining the WWF (now WWE). Young Kerr was so obsessed with professional wrestling that he even held mock matches with his brothers in his backyard. Therefore, it was natural for him to start wrestling in school. By the time he reached college, he was one of the best college wrestlers in the nation, winning two NCAA Division I titles.
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After graduating from college, Kerr became interested in mixed martial arts, which was an emerging sport at the time. This led to the Americans traveling to Brazil, where they defeated three opponents to win the Valitudo (Anything Goes) tournament.
After that, he continued to fight in the UFC, winning the finals of UFC 14 and UFC 15 in 1997. After a short stint in the UFC, the American will go on to compete for Pride FC in Japan. A pioneer in the sport and one of the most recognizable stars of the late '90s with an 11-0 unbeaten record, Kerr's career took a sharp turn for the worse in 2000, when he lost seven of eight races. . After more than a decade in the sport, Kerr finally hung up the gloves in 2009.