“The Smashing Machine” is the 2025 biographical sports drama feature, written and directed by Benny Safdie, starring Dwayne Johnson as former wrestler and ‘MMA’ fighter ‘Mark Kerr’, with Emily Blunt as ‘Dawn Staples’, streaming January 23, 2026 on HBO Max:
“…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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