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Dwayne Johnson plays an MMA fighting legend in 'The Smashing Machine.' Here's everything to know about the real Mark Kerr.

Mark Kerr is the subject of the movie "The Smashing Machine."Tiziana FABI/AFP/Getty One of the most dominant fighters in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) during the late 1990s, Kerr rose ...
Bloody Elbow

Mark Kerr needed just 70 seconds to beat two UFC opponents in one night

Mark Kerr’s status as a UFC great was cemented on this day in 1997. Kerr enjoyed a legendary mixed martial arts career that is the subject of The Smashing Machine movie, which was released in October ...

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Opens Up About Inducting Mark Kerr Into UFC Hall of Fame

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson opened up about inducting Mark Kerr into the UFC Hall of Fame class of 2025. The post Dwayne ‘The ...

5 Best MMA Movies Of All Time, Ranked

Mixed martial arts is a high-octane sport filled with drama and danger. That makes it perfect for movies, and we've got a ...
Yahoo

‘The Smashing Machine’ Is Based On Mark Kerr – What To Know About His Story

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A24’s version takes a different approach. Director Benny Safdie, in his first solo directorial effort, draws from that documentary ...
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The Rock, who? How prosthetics helped Dwayne Johnson 'completely disappear' as Mark Kerr in “The Smashing Machine”

Becoming the Smashing Machine required disguising the Rock. "It was all-consuming," Dwayne Johnson, star of the biopic about MMA fighter Mark Kerr, tells Entertainment Weekly of how big the challenge ...
WrestlingInc.com

Dave Meltzer Names MMA Fighter Dwayne Johnson Should Have Played Instead Of Mark Kerr

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's latest foray into film was the biopic "The Smashing Machine," based on the life of UFC veteran Mark Kerr. Johnson seemed especially passionate about the project, and even ...
Forbes

Dwayne Johnson’s ‘The Smashing Machine’ New On Streaming This Week

The Smashing Machine, starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as real-life MMA and UFC icon Mark Kerr, is coming to digital streaming this week. The film also stars Emily Blunt as Kerr’s girlfriend, Dawn ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Dwayne Johnson Says His First Golden Globes Nomination for ‘The Smashing Machine’ Represents “The Fight in Everybody”

The actor also shares which films served as inspiration for Benny Safdie's wrestling drama. By Beatrice Verhoeven Awards Editor To Johnson, however, the nomination means more than just recognition. “I ...

Dwayne Johnson on Portraying UFC Icon Mark Kerr in Biopic: ‘Story is So Special’

Dwayne Johnson recently spoke about portraying UFC Hall of Famer Mark Kerr inhis upcoming biopic, The Smashing Machine.The ...
Sports Illustrated

Dwayne Johnson & Mark Kerr Talk Stone Cold, The Rock’s First WWE Bout & The Smashing Machine

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and UFC legend Mark Kerr sit down for an exclusive Sports Illustrated feature where they re-watch iconic WWE and UFC moments from their careers and re-watch scenes from their ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Turning Dwayne Johnson into ‘The Smashing Machine’ Required a New Brow Bone, a Prosthetic Eyelid and a Whole Lot of Tattoo Removal

Prosthetic makeup designer Kazu Hiro details his process, right down to learning the actors’ sweat patterns and using seven different kinds of adhesive. By Bill Desowitz For The Smashing Machine, ...