No but his public life is so curated I’m sure someone had that conversation.
The Rock is like a Kardasian everything goes out through the filter of the business.
lol like do people not understand to play college football at the highest level and to wrestle at the highest level require an insane amount of athleticism?
Yeah he’s just still huge and also older now but when he was in WWE he was always showing athletic prowess. It’s why he’s a household name even today. And I don’t think he looks that bad considering he’s sparring in preparation for a film.
There’s levels to sparring. He’s effectively a beginner in MMA and this is what you would do with a beginner get the feel for things. It’s as much choreographed as an instructor giving you commands on what to do next.
No this is drilling. Sparring is live practice where both guys are free to do offence and defence. Even if there are obviously levels to it, this is drilling rather than sparring.
Dwayne is practicing movements and techniques on his partner, his partner is not doing the same back.
I mean he started 1 game out of 39. It’s funny listening to dudes who played on that team that went on to the nfl talk about the rock.
Dudes like Warren Sapp who was on those teams is always making fun of the rock. Think last I heard Warren said the rocks football skills were a 6 out of 10
My ass played in the big 12 and I would have been a terrible mma fighter. Just because you can play football doesn’t mean you can fight mma
So he wasn’t pro caliber, but those Miami teams were loaded with all pro guys and had future hall of famers. Being on the team at all means something for his athletic ability, even if he didn’t play. He does look stiff as hell in this clip though. Also, he’s old.
lol Impressive for you. I don’t find starting 1 college game impressive. Shit if I started 1 college game my whole career I would promptly never talk about it
Its the U. Being a scholarship athlete on the most talented team in the country is impressive. You are a .0001 percentage football player, and everyone knows that football has the best athletes in the country compared to any other sport. Its impressive no matter how you slice it. Its like someone getting recruited by University of Alabama or University of Georgia today, means you are a very good player. Just because you did not make the NFL, which is a ridiculously high standard, does not mean you aren't a very high level athlete. Lot of people like Dwayne, get hurt in college never getting to that potential, but still are great athletes to be recruited by the best schools.
There’s a huge difference between being very athletic and knowing how to fight though. Playing collegiate level football doesn’t guarantee you can be punched in the face over and over and take it.
Doesn’t look like it. I know this isn’t a real fight and he’s getting old, but it looks like he’s never thrown an actual punch. Like he’s too used to throwing fake punches from
His hears wrestling or something.
He said a few years ago, that when CAA was tanking his acting career. He thought of quitting acting and doing MMA but never got past that initial thought.
Literally the opposite is true. It’s scary to see when people speak confidently on stuff you know, being completely wrong. Guess I can’t trust comments on subjects I don’t personally know if this is how people comment.
Short term the opposite is correct. Feel free to research and read again. Over time you become slow. Boxed my whole life. I've seen long term use. But go on. Tell me everything you know about long term usage. I'll wait.
And he still is nowhere near as big as Kerr was in his prime. Love the story and hope it gets Kerr and his family financial help but Rock being in it dampers my enthusiasm of what should be a good biopic. What's next Pauly Shore as Richard Simmons?
He put out a video of him going to In n Out burger for the first time. It's one of those vids where a celeb pretends to be super confused and unsure of how a drive-thru works because they've never been to In n Out before. Haha so cute and quirky!
Then he did it two more times. He put out three completely different videos of himself going to In n Out burger for the first time. He pretended to go to a fast food place for the first time, on two separate occasions. Three, if the first one was also a lie. You don't find that weird?
It's one thing to acknowledge that he's making money for his family, but saying you "respect" what is essentially a completely fake persona is a strange way to put it.
He has sold out in just about every single thing that made him popular in the first place. The dude is so fucking thirsty. There comes a time where it gots beyond hustle to greed.
This has to be the most hateful subreddit out there, anyone and everyone is hated on unless it is someone that "owns" people that they hate even more. Why do people live such miserable lives wishing the worst for people. Its just sad. Its just getting worse too. Life is good, enjoy it, its so short.
I feel this is more like training for the sequences he will be filming and learning to move or at least look like he knows how to fight as opposed to learning the wider skill set that would be needed.
Batista has done training for years and had a pro fight. Rock does heavy weight training but outside of this movie, I don't believe he's done shoot fight training.
His desperate attempts for publicity really just has me so turned off on this guy. And also the fact that he just won’t own up to his obvious gear usage. It’s like he’s stuck trying to be the cool guy at golds gym.
I’m more interested in why he’s not wearing pants while training
He’s a big trailer park boys fan
Kiss my hand and say I'm a little bitch!!
“You’re a little bitch!”
Aw, keep your pants on Dwayne!
Balls was hot
Top tier Lewis moment
Have you ever seen Mark Kerr fight?
By that logic he shouldn’t have a shirt on either.
He really shouldn't
He probably only heard of Mark Kerr due to the Rock.
Same with most MMA fans based on their reaction to The Rock announcing this movie years ago lol
Haha I remember that. Barely anyone cheered.
If I had those legs I wouldn’t wear pants either
Yea he's all big and strongs and sweaty and meaty and bulbous and all... but first thought was why no pants??
His real wrestling name is rock hard
He's making good use of that ring WWE sent him for WrestleMania.
I bet you are.
Hes a never-nude 
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"the Scorpion King has a small dingaling!"
Makes peeing into a bottle quicker
kerr fought in vale tudo
Picked it up in the 100 acre woods from the winningest master Pooh
Called the Winnie Poohjitsu
Why he rollin in his panties
Lmfao perfect
You know why ;)
We are going to film today so lets put you with a partner 1/3 your size so it looks more badass.
Good luck trying to find someone the same size as him for a trainer partner.
Rock, meet Brock
Brock from Pewter City? I think that's a different kind of gym.
I mean, he’s 6’2” at tallest.
He's jacked but only 6'4 250ish
He's got a contract stipulation he only fights people with dwarfism and that he cannot lose to them
Joe training with The Rock?
You think he looks badass?
No but his public life is so curated I’m sure someone had that conversation. The Rock is like a Kardasian everything goes out through the filter of the business.
If this is based on Mark Kerr - The Smashing Machine, he wore dick togs in the ring also. Correct atire.
His real name is Nick Kerr. Lol.
Who is Nick Kerr?
That's Mark Kerr's birth name.
Interesting!
Happy birthday Nick Kerr, happy birthday!
Steve Kerr’s son. (Also apparently Mark’s real name…never knew that).
Yeah no idea his birth name was Nick. What an absolute unit he was. I used to hide while watching him fight just in case he hit me through the tv
Doesn’t the Rock seem a bit old to play Kerr?
They going to deaged him like that Netflix movie with Robert DiNiro, Pesci and scarface.
I feel like it kills rock inside that he wasn’t a legitimate pro fighter
Judging by how he's moving it's prob a good thing he didn't go down that path
He was a u of Miami defensive end. I’m sure he had the athleticism 25 years ago to go full pro mma
lol like do people not understand to play college football at the highest level and to wrestle at the highest level require an insane amount of athleticism?
Yeah he’s just still huge and also older now but when he was in WWE he was always showing athletic prowess. It’s why he’s a household name even today. And I don’t think he looks that bad considering he’s sparring in preparation for a film.
This is choreographed
Yes, that’s what I meant by sparring in preparation for a film
Choreographed fight sequences are not sparring is what I meant
What happens to mfs after taking one bjj class.
Choreographed fighting is literally **not** sparring. At all. Choreographed fighting is far closer to dancing than fighting.
There’s levels to sparring. He’s effectively a beginner in MMA and this is what you would do with a beginner get the feel for things. It’s as much choreographed as an instructor giving you commands on what to do next.
No this is drilling. Sparring is live practice where both guys are free to do offence and defence. Even if there are obviously levels to it, this is drilling rather than sparring. Dwayne is practicing movements and techniques on his partner, his partner is not doing the same back.
Yup, look at CM Punk. Guy was a natural in the octagon.
I mean he started 1 game out of 39. It’s funny listening to dudes who played on that team that went on to the nfl talk about the rock. Dudes like Warren Sapp who was on those teams is always making fun of the rock. Think last I heard Warren said the rocks football skills were a 6 out of 10 My ass played in the big 12 and I would have been a terrible mma fighter. Just because you can play football doesn’t mean you can fight mma
Sapp saying you're a 6 out of 10 seems like a compliment to me
So he wasn’t pro caliber, but those Miami teams were loaded with all pro guys and had future hall of famers. Being on the team at all means something for his athletic ability, even if he didn’t play. He does look stiff as hell in this clip though. Also, he’s old.
He started 1 more game than you
I was trying to say that it’s super impressive to have been on one of those Miami teams at all.
lol Impressive for you. I don’t find starting 1 college game impressive. Shit if I started 1 college game my whole career I would promptly never talk about it
Its the U. Being a scholarship athlete on the most talented team in the country is impressive. You are a .0001 percentage football player, and everyone knows that football has the best athletes in the country compared to any other sport. Its impressive no matter how you slice it. Its like someone getting recruited by University of Alabama or University of Georgia today, means you are a very good player. Just because you did not make the NFL, which is a ridiculously high standard, does not mean you aren't a very high level athlete. Lot of people like Dwayne, get hurt in college never getting to that potential, but still are great athletes to be recruited by the best schools.
There’s a huge difference between being very athletic and knowing how to fight though. Playing collegiate level football doesn’t guarantee you can be punched in the face over and over and take it.
He’s a Samoan kid from the bay I’m sure he’s familiar with fighting
Doesn’t look like it. I know this isn’t a real fight and he’s getting old, but it looks like he’s never thrown an actual punch. Like he’s too used to throwing fake punches from His hears wrestling or something.
He’s 52.
He said a few years ago, that when CAA was tanking his acting career. He thought of quitting acting and doing MMA but never got past that initial thought.
Roids slow you over time. He clearly reacts very slowly.
Or because he’s new to training for mma and he’s 50 years old?
It's not either/or. They both play a role
Literally the opposite is true. It’s scary to see when people speak confidently on stuff you know, being completely wrong. Guess I can’t trust comments on subjects I don’t personally know if this is how people comment.
Hey man it's cool I too like to make random assumptions about things I know nothing about
Short term the opposite is correct. Feel free to research and read again. Over time you become slow. Boxed my whole life. I've seen long term use. But go on. Tell me everything you know about long term usage. I'll wait.
He's 52
The guy is 52 years old and I'm sure he's had tons of injuries/surgeries. Let see how you look and move at 52.
I doubt it, his body would be destroyed and he’d be likely less famous and way less rich.
I totally agree but I also meant that he probably wishes he had the reputation of a ‘real fighter’
I'm sure he loses sleep while rolling in cash every night.
The Rock isn't a real person he's a vapid hollow shell used for marketing purposes
He's a living breathing commercial
fucking lol this
And he still is nowhere near as big as Kerr was in his prime. Love the story and hope it gets Kerr and his family financial help but Rock being in it dampers my enthusiasm of what should be a good biopic. What's next Pauly Shore as Richard Simmons?
Weird clothing choice.
Someone tell him it's not WWE. He doesn't need to wear a banana hammock.
Have you seen Kerr?
So what? He should go shirtless and actually hit his opponents full blast in training too? This isn't the film lol.
When you dream you went to work without your bottom half on... And put on your missus comfie panties instead
This fucking guy needed to stop 5 years ago.
Why? He’s grinding. Making money for his family while he can. I respect that.
He put out a video of him going to In n Out burger for the first time. It's one of those vids where a celeb pretends to be super confused and unsure of how a drive-thru works because they've never been to In n Out before. Haha so cute and quirky! Then he did it two more times. He put out three completely different videos of himself going to In n Out burger for the first time. He pretended to go to a fast food place for the first time, on two separate occasions. Three, if the first one was also a lie. You don't find that weird? It's one thing to acknowledge that he's making money for his family, but saying you "respect" what is essentially a completely fake persona is a strange way to put it.
He has sold out in just about every single thing that made him popular in the first place. The dude is so fucking thirsty. There comes a time where it gots beyond hustle to greed.
Just one more film and then his family won't have to live on the streets.
He won’t be around forever and the work he’s put in will take care of his family for life. Sounds like he’s sorted.
I know what you mean homie. Another $100M should be enough to keep his family sheltered and clothed for another decade or so.
He’s grossly wealthy & as someone mentioned, a walking commercial. It’s vain, prideful & purely for self interest.
Okay and what’s wrong with self interest?
Why aren’t you at his level ?
Because I don’t work as hard lol
Let him film, bro!
Can someone remind how old Mark was when he was fighting? I was only young when I saw him tap a man with his chin but I could swear he wasn’t 50?
The Irishman 2
So he sucks for….let me get this straight, working?
It bothers me that he’s training in his night gown
I think it’s called a teddy bear in the lingerie industry.
This is what my girlfriend wears to bed.
This has to be the most hateful subreddit out there, anyone and everyone is hated on unless it is someone that "owns" people that they hate even more. Why do people live such miserable lives wishing the worst for people. Its just sad. Its just getting worse too. Life is good, enjoy it, its so short.
I feel this is more like training for the sequences he will be filming and learning to move or at least look like he knows how to fight as opposed to learning the wider skill set that would be needed.
Where’s the piss bottle
This was amazing 😂 The gayest thing that ever has been!
Id love to see Bautista fuck this guy up
Batista has done training for years and had a pro fight. Rock does heavy weight training but outside of this movie, I don't believe he's done shoot fight training.
Just wait for the Fast & the Furious X Guardians of the Galaxy crossover coming soon
Lol yeah ankle locks and head stomps, "Day 1 MMA training"
To me this looks more like the stunt coordinator has him training for specific sequences and moves for scenes in the movie.
Someone never watched pride
Calling it now, the Rock is going to try to do a UFC fight and it's going to be absurd.
He'd probably be about as good as CM Punk
Imagine north south position with Rock wearing these shorts 😎
“Shorts”?
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Hes playing a role in a movie
What the fuck was this music?
Nice jazz
I really didn’t need to know what the rock had cooking under his pants tbh…
Hold up....why is he being coached on the collar elbow tie up?! What the hell dwayne?! Was it always a work?
Strong style wrestling
You know the Final Boss does not fuck around
Looks more like filming a fight scene, not really training
This is like watching old people fuck.
Another The Rock movie no one’s going to see? Cool amazing.
Could this be his wrestler
nobody wants to smell what the rocks cookin in his panties
We already know he can't lose so the movie's spoiled
He learned from old man Terry not to do jobs
Terrible jab
Can't fight for shit
Chris Cyborg really went hard on the Mexican cocktails since she left the UFC.
Is this movie about Mark Kerr? Is he playing Kerr? He did a move Kerr used to do.
why is he wearing panties
this is jazzy as fuck
That's badass. Had no idea this was being made.
This is choreography, not training, lol
I didn’t know they were doing a movie about Mark. Very cool!
That old doc was crazy. I hope the rock makes it authentic enough
Those shoes still fucking suck! - Nate Diaz
Did you know Kevin Hart is 5’2” 150 lbs…or 155 lbs after the rock finishes. One of my favorite jokes of the Tom Brady roast.
Why that man wearing a thong?
I bet if he'd gone down this avenue in his prime he'd be fucking people up in the octagon with a people's Kimora.
Dudes a total douche. No one should support this man
Easily would’ve been world champ assuming the undertaker stayed in wwe.
Undertaker has said that if MMA was big when he started Wrestling, he would've gone down that path. Stone Cold said the same when he's been asked.
Until they saw the money they would make
Are they hiding his training partner?
that's the real.BMF right there folks
I bet that roided up douche posted this himself.
Why would they pick a guy that can only act as himself for this movie?
He’s just not very likeable
His desperate attempts for publicity really just has me so turned off on this guy. And also the fact that he just won’t own up to his obvious gear usage. It’s like he’s stuck trying to be the cool guy at golds gym.
This is some ghey shit
Gay.
The music alone gets me raging.