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The Smashing Machine - Starring The Rock and Emily Blunt

Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:26 am
Posted by ATrillionaire
Houston
Member since Sep 2008
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Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:26 am
The Rock may win some hardware for this one.

YouTube

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Dwayne Johnson undergoes his most dramatic on-screen transformation yet in the first trailer for “The Smashing Machine,” a biopic about two-time UFC heavyweight champ Mark Kerr. A24 pulled the curtain back on the drama Tuesday morning.
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
54179 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:29 am to
Did emily blunt get a boob job
Posted by ODP
Conroe
Member since Oct 2015
2030 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:36 am to
Great HBO Doc back in the day.
Posted by SCLSUMuddogs
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2010
8181 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:37 am to
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Dwayne Johnson undergoes his most dramatic on-screen transformation yet


Because he has hair?
Posted by UnluckyTiger
Member since Sep 2003
41849 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:49 am to
Man I feel like those early UFC fighters were truly some bad hombres. A level above what we have now in terms of savagery and toughness.
This post was edited on 4/29/25 at 9:50 am
Posted by Bert Macklin FBI
Quantico
Member since May 2013
11788 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:55 am to
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Man I feel like those early UFC fighters were truly some bad hombres.


They were either bad MFers or they were retarded. In the early days, the rules and the fighting techniques were still being figured out. You'd get into the ring with almost zero info on how your oppenent fights and even if you did know, you almost certainly had no training on how best to combat their style. You just went in hoping your style would best their style.

In some ways it was a better product. It was style vs style as opposed to now where every fighter knows how to defend (at least somewhat) BJJ, Wrestling, Muy Thai, and Boxing. Obviously as far as being an actual sport with athletes competing at the highest level, its better now.

IDK if yall know much about Mark Kerr but his story is particularly interesting because he was a genuinely nice guy that happened to be good at smashing people. He got addicted to pain killers and alomost felt forced to hurt people against his will to make a living. There were better fighters (IMO) in the early days but alot of them were just crazy, mean SOBs that enjoyed hirting people.
This post was edited on 4/29/25 at 9:58 am
Posted by UnluckyTiger
Member since Sep 2003
41849 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:58 am to
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Obviously as far as being an actual sport with athletes competing at the highest level, its better now.
absolutely.

I look at guys like Don Frye from back in the day though and think holy shite, that guy could legit kill someone in a few seconds.
Posted by ATrillionaire
Houston
Member since Sep 2008
2427 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 9:58 am to
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They were either bad MFers or they were retarded. In the early days, the rules and the fighting techniques were still being figured out. You'd get into the ring with almost zero info on how your oppenent fights and even if you did know, you almost certainly had no training on how best to combat their style. You just went in hoping your style would best their style.

I remember Dan Severn used to slap the $hit out of his opponents. He'd rarely throw a closed fist punch.
Posted by MemphisGuy
Germantown, TN
Member since Nov 2023
13803 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 10:11 am to
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I look at guys like Don Frye from back in the day though and think holy shite, that guy could legit kill someone in a few seconds.
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
103158 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 10:15 am to
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I remember Dan Severn used to slap the $hit out of his opponents. He'd rarely throw a closed fist punch.


They would get fined for throwing closed fist punches at one point.

I’m not sure Keith Hackney got paid for the night he kept punching Joe Son in the balls.
Posted by TopWaterTiger
Lake Charles, LA
Member since May 2006
12028 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 11:05 am to
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Did emily blunt get a boob job


Prob just some hollywood magic, but she's a sexy woman!

Movie looks good!
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
467444 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 11:48 am to
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They would get fined for throwing closed fist punches at one point.


That was pancrase, IIRC. Proto-Pride

Bas Ruten did work back in the day in pancrase. So did the Shamrock bros
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
467444 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 11:49 am to
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There were better fighters (IMO) in the early days but alot of them were just crazy, mean SOBs that enjoyed hirting people.

My roommate in law school (who got me into MMA) swore he was the GOAT at that time. Even better than Fedor
Posted by rebelrouser
Columbia, SC
Member since Feb 2013
12835 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 12:37 pm to
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Did emily blunt get a boob job


Great question. I am going w/ a push-up type bra instead. She looks good slutty.
Posted by Thracken13
Aft Cargo Hold of Serenity
Member since Feb 2010
18562 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 12:37 pm to
that looks like a legit good film. and Emily Blunt is sexy AF
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
37948 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 12:41 pm to
I'm confused. It's like The Rock isn't playing The Rock.

They know he's The Rock, right?
Posted by ATrillionaire
Houston
Member since Sep 2008
2427 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 1:02 pm to
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I'm confused. It's like The Rock isn't playing The Rock.

They know he's The Rock, right?

I don't get what you're asking.
Posted by boxcarbarney
Above all things, be a man
Member since Jul 2007
25766 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 1:55 pm to
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Don Frye


Dude was built like a brick shithouse

>
I never really got into UFC, but I did see Ken Shamrock fight at the Pontchartrain Center back in the day. The fight lasted 30 seconds because Shamrock picked up his opponent and dropped him on his head.

Fight starts at 4:30

Posted by PhilipMarlowe
Member since Mar 2013
21730 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 4:44 pm to
The Safdie bros, all though this time just Benny it looks like, make some of the most depressing & exhausting movies around. They’ve all been really solid, but I’ve never once wanted to watch one again lol. Similar to aronofsky films in that respect.
Posted by Lakeboy7
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2011
28324 posts
Posted on 4/29/25 at 5:01 pm to
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She looks good slutty.
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