{"id":35246,"date":"2025-09-21T21:55:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T21:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/35246\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T21:55:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T21:55:06","slug":"dana-white-backs-the-rock-to-win-an-oscar-for-finally-creating-an-mma-movie-he-actually-likes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/35246\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White backs The Rock to win an Oscar for finally creating an MMA movie he actually likes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dana White has shared his verdict on Dwayne \u2018The Rock\u2019 Johnson\u2019s MMA movie. <\/p>\n<p>The UFC CEO doesn\u2019t usually like it when Hollywood uses his sport on the silver screen. <\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/dana-white\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"156\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dana White<\/a> had nothing but praise after watching <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/the-smashing-machine\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Smashing Machine,<\/a> which sees <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/dwayne-the-rock-johnson\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"6203\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dwayne \u2018The Rock\u2019 Johnson<\/a> portray former UFC heavyweight champion Mark Kerr at the height of his combat sports career. <\/p>\n<p>MMA\u2019s most powerful man believes The Rock and his co-star, Emily Blunt, both deserve an Oscar for their performances in the film, which is set to be theatrically released on October 3.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2233247653-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Hiram Garcia, Benny Safdie, Emily Blunt, Dwayne Johnson, Mark Kerr on \" the=\"\" smashing=\"\" machine=\"\" red=\"\" carpet=\"\" class=\"wp-image-245239\" \/>Photo by Stefania D&#8217;Alessandro\/WireImageDana White reviews The Smashing Machine<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, The Rock flew out to Vegas and showed it to me first, and it\u2019s unbelievable,\u201d White told Mario Lopez on \u2018Access Hollywood.\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, what happens is a lot of times these guys that make fight movies want me to see the fight movies. And they come and they screen them for me, and I don\u2019t like \u2019em. There\u2019s nothing worse than sitting there with a guy who wrote, produced, and directed this movie and going, \u2018So, what do you think?&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a scene in there with (Johnson) and Emily Blunt, and I think they should both win an Oscar based off this one scene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe movie is incredible, I\u2019m happy for him. He\u2019s finally gonna get the credit for his acting skills. <\/p>\n<p>Everybody in this movie does a great job. And believe me when I tell you, I\u2019m not here to sell The Smashing Machine. You know, I tell you straight up, I don\u2019t like a lot of the fight movies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a great movie and everybody involved, including the director, who is obviously getting a ton of shine and buzz off this movie, but he also directed the Adam Sandler movie that many people thought should have won an Oscar, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dwayne Johnson\u2019s emotional reaction at movie premiere <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/09\/01\/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-breaks-down-in-tears-at-the-end-of-mma-movie-premiere\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dwayne Johnson broke down in tears<\/a> at the end of The Smashing Machine premiere earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>As the credits rolled for the movie\u2019s first official showing, the star-studded cast received a 15-minute standing ovation from those in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Director Benny Safdie also cried as the crowd applauded at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>MMA fans are now impatiently waiting to see if The Rock\u2019s fight film delivers after a year of hype. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dana White has shared his verdict on Dwayne \u2018The Rock\u2019 Johnson\u2019s MMA movie. 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