Towering both in stature and star power, the Australian actor has become synonymous with larger-than-life action roles, most notably as the thunder-wielding Norse god in Marvel\u2019s Avengers franchise.<\/p>\n
Of course, since hanging up the red cape in recent years \u2013 but not entirely \u2013 Hemsworth has continued to flex his position across a range of original titles on streaming<\/a> and the silver screen<\/a>, cementing his reputation as one of the industry\u2019s go-to action heroes. <\/p>\n So it\u2019s no surprise to see his name pop up in conversations around a potential MMA<\/a> matchup during a round of Crime 101<\/a> promotion with Complex<\/a>. <\/p>\n The 42-year-old frequently posts gym sessions and sparring contests to his socials, usually alongside specialised training for current and upcoming roles. And, to be completely honest, he\u2019s always looked like he\u2019s got the hands to step into the ring. <\/p>\n Well, now, after 24 years of professional acting, it seems like Hemsworth might be eyeing up a casual career move, swapping the choreographed fights in the MCU for a match-up with current UFC featherweight champion<\/a> (and good mate) Alex Volkanovski<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019d love to just one day go, \u2018Right, what have I gotten here?\u2019 I\u2019d probably end up flat on my back, starry-eyed.\u201d<\/p>\n Chris Hemsworth<\/p>\n \u201cNo, I wouldn\u2019t put myself in the ring,\u201d Hemsworth conceded. \u201cBut a part of me wants to though actually having said that. I mean, I\u2019ve trained a lot and sparred a lot over the years, but within the realm of not killing each other.<\/p>\n Who would he face? \u201cOne of the ones who retired a long time ago,\u201d Hemsworth joked. \u201cI can just run away from them until they get tired.\u201d<\/p>\n For now, though, fans can rest easy. Hemsworth isn\u2019t hanging up his acting gloves anytime soon. But with a few potential match-ups touted in the future, it wouldn\u2019t be the strangest career move for one of the country\u2019s most prolific exports. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chris Hemsworth is synonymous with action-packed roles, most famously as Thor in Marvel\u2019s Avengers. Hemsworth revealed recently about…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,2021,786,785,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-489601","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-chris-hemsworth","11":"tag-fighting","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Chris](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Chris-Hemsworth-MMA-Feature-1200x675.jpg\")
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