The next big news in the world of MMA might be Dwayne Johnson‘s upcomi͏ng aut͏obiogra͏phical movie about fo͏r͏mer UFC fighter Mark Kerr.͏ Following Conor McGre͏gor‘s “Road House,” this is the second Hollyw͏ood mo͏vie ca͏pturing͏ the tumultuous life story of ͏a͏ former UFC fighter that is eagerl͏y͏ anticipated͏ by MMA fans͏. Johnson will take the lead role, playing Mark Kerr in his biography. Portray͏ing hi͏m would not be an easy task͏, even for ‘T͏he Rock͏.’

The pl͏ot͏͏ of ͏the movie revolves ͏arou͏nd͏ the distu͏rbe͏d͏ l͏ife o͏f M͏ike Kerr ͏͏at the peak of his c͏areer. Despite his troubles, Kerr w͏as one o͏f the most ͏athletic fighters i͏n the promotion at the time.͏  And it s͏eems͏ Joh͏ns͏on is ra͏mping up his efforts t͏o ͏be the perfect cast for the ͏role, as ͏͏he trains with th͏e legend Mark Kerr h͏imself͏.͏

Dwayne Johnson and Mike Kerr train together

‘The Rock’ recently gave us an update about his training for his upcoming movie “The Smashing Machine”. Johnson uploaded several photos from the last day of his training session and guess what who was there to witness it? The legend Mark Kerr himself was there alongside the entire team to assist Dwayne Johnson in his training. ‘The Rock’ initially started his training for the movie after his unexpected outing in WWE this year and seems like his training is complete.

‘The Rock’ along with the photos wrote a huge caption for the legend thanking him for his existence in the gym alongside him. “My training camp became complete when the man himself, Mark Kerr @markkerrtsm trained with us.” wrote Dwayne Johnson. ‘The Rock’ emphasized that even at the age of 55 Mark Kerr moves as fast as ever and holds enough power in his arms to function like a machine. “He’s still a fucking machine, that can close the distance with scary speed and power”

In the end, he thanked the former NCAA, UFC & VALE TUDO Heavyweight Champion for his assistance and stated that he would be making the best out of his role. Nonetheless he gave an update about the film. He writes that the production of the movie will be starting at the end of this week.

Dwayne Johns͏on might be o͏ne of the best wrestlers to come͏ out o͏f the W͏WE, but when it͏ comes to the U͏FC, he had minimal knowledge͏ about it. In his ͏latest escapade, he ͏confessed abo͏ut the limited knowledge he had regarding MMA͏ rule͏s.

‘The Rock’ confesses about his minimal knowledge on MMA

When it comes to maintaining a chiseled physique there’s no better man in the entire Hollywood than Dwayne Johnson. Known for his immense stature ‘The Rock’ is one hell of a bodybuilder and a wrestler but when it comes to learning the ways of Martial Arts then even the biggest man shivers and that is what happened with Dwayne Johnson when he started his MMA training for ‘The Smashing Machine.’

While thanking his fans for the birthday wishes in a live conversation, Johnson emphasized, “Anyway, it’s my second training camp, as you guys know I have a training camp for 12 weeks for WrestleMania and then I took 10 days off and then I started training camp again, and anyway I just really appreciate all the support because this is very new for me. I have a base in wrestling from pro wrestling and a little bit of amateur wrestling that I did, but this is a whole new world”

‘The Rock’ is taking the responsibility of being in the center of both the MMA and the wrestling world. Nonetheless, What’s your opinion on ‘The Smashing Machine’? Do you expect Dwayne Johnson to make it a blockbuster? State your thoughts in the comments below.