The Smashing Machine is beefing up its solid.
Bellator MMA champion Ryan Bader, who additionally won Season 8 of The Ultimate Fighter again in late 2008, is headed to Vancouver to star alongside Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson for what is predicted to be a 2025 launch. Hollywood main women Emily Blunt and Lyndsey Gavin are additionally hooked up to the venture, directed by Benny Safdie.
Johnson is currently training MMA to arrange for the position.
“Placing the MMA recreation on pause for a bit as I head to Vancouver for about three months,” Bader wrote on Instagram. “Excited to be part of a tremendous venture by Benny Safdie, The Smashing Machine. Giving ode to some legends of the game, Mark Kerr and Mark Coleman, the highs and the lows that include this loopy ass sport.”
Bader, 40, is aware of a factor or two concerning the highs and the lows.
If you happen to’ve seen the 2002 documentary directed by John Hyams, additionally titled The Smashing Machine, there’s most likely no purpose to look at a Hollywood actor with no combating expertise attempt to recreate the compelling and infrequently occasions unsettling story of Mark Kerr.
However hey, Johnson really wanted to be an MMA fighter and loves his vanity projects.
