Playing the lead role of Mark Kerr in "The Smashing Machine," Dwayne Johnson took his share of bumps and bruises filming those early UFC and PRIDE-era fight scenes and even got his "bell rung" for ...

If you came out of “The Smashing Machine” thinking “that must have hurt,” it was by design. Director Benny Safdie strove to make his biopic about pioneering mixed martial arts fighter Mark Kerr ...

During an appearance Tuesday on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, WWE legend Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson described the legitimate physical pain he endured in a particular scene for the upcoming movie ...

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson took real headshots on set and suffered a concussion filming The Smashing Machine. He gained about 30 pounds to accurately portray MMA legend Mark Kerr. The film premiered at ...

In this episode of "Notes on a Scene," 'The Smashing Machine' director Benny Safdie breaks down the scene where Mark Kerr (Dwayne Johnson) has lost his first professional fight, and Dawn Staples ...

Mixed martial arts is a style of full-contact fighting that combines techniques and styles from various sports, including wrestling, judo and jiu-jitsu — you get the picture. All of these sports have ...

A pivotal scene in the Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson-led The Smashing Machine features the iconic Bruce Springsteen song from Born to Run, “Jungleland.” It is played in the background of a heated argument ...