“The Smashing Machine” is a new biographical sports drama feature, written and directed by Benny Safdie, starring Dwayne Johnson as former wrestler, ‘MMA’ fighter ‘Mark Kerr’, with Emily Blunt as Kerr's then-wife ‘Dawn Staples’, Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten and Oleksandr Usyk, releasing October 3, 2025 in theaters:
“…during his ‘MMA’ career, ‘Mark Kerr’ was a two-time ‘UFC Heavyweight Tournament Champion’, ‘World Vale Tudo Championship’ tournament winner.
“In collegiate wrestling, Kerr was an ‘NCAA Division I’ champion. In freestyle wrestling, he won gold and silver medals at the ‘World Cup’ and silver at the ‘Pan American Games’.
“In submission wrestling, Kerr is a four-time ‘ADCC World Champion’, winning his weightclass twice along with the absolute division and the ‘Superfight Championship’.”
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