Here's everything you need to know on the real-life Mark Kerr: Mark Kerr is a 56-year-old retired wrestler and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter. He’s not far from Johnson’s age, actually, which is ...

Benny Safdie wrote and directed the A24 feature that also stars Emily Blunt in the story of Kerr's path as a UFC Hall of Famer.

“The Smashing Machine” centers on Kerr during 1997 to 2000, focusing on his formative years as a wrestler and his rise to fame. It also chronicled his addiction to painkillers, his subsequent overdose ...

To hear him describe it, Mark Kerr felt like he was walking into the unknown. It was July 27, 1997 when Kerr, then 28, walked ...

Find out what really inspired Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's acclaimed new MMA movie—and how the real man at the center of the story looks back on it.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson completely transformed into fighter Mark Kerr for the biographical sports drama The Smashing ...

Ahead of Friday's release of The Smashing Machine, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and UFC Hall of Famer Mark Kerr sat down with ...

Mark Kerr had to help The Rock learn fight skills for the new movie based on his life. Here's how he trained to do it.

Mark Kerr, the subject of "The Smashing Machine," was a champion wrestler in college and is in the UFC Hall of Fame.

Mark Kerr's career is one of the most compelling, cautionary tales in combat sports history. He was the prototype of the ...

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MMA legend and former UFC heavyweight champion Mark Kerr sits down with Sports Illustrated's Jean Chery to reflect on his extraordinary journey.