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The Rock Admits He Considered Becoming A UFC Fighter

The Rock Admits He Considered Becoming A UFC Fighter

The people's elbow inside the octagon would of been terrifying and brilliant.

Nasir Jabbar

Nasir Jabbar

As Brock Lesnar makes his anticipated UFC return, while CM Punk gets his first assignment, another former pro-wrestling legend has spoken about giving mixed-martial-arts a go.

Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock has revealed that he considered MMA when his movie career wasn't going to plan. The hugely popular WWE star transitioned into Hollywood becoming a bonafide movie superstar after leaving the sports entertainment promotion in 2004. Speaking on UFC Unfiltered podcast;

"There was a time there where I thought, man, I achieved everything I wanted to achieve in WWE, my movie career is floundering a little bit, what do I do? I was relatively still young, I think I was 34. I thought, oh well maybe UFC. Maybe I should do something like that."

Johnson ultimately snubbed the cage for the ring since it was in the family as both his father and grandfather were pro-wrestlers. After initial reservations the idea soon became a distant one.

"In my head, I felt like it was at least a two-year process for me to even get in the [cage], let alone the UFC, I wasn't quite too sure what to do or what kind of people to put around me at the time, so the idea kind of fizzled out and I continued to stay on the path of movie making."

Often spotted at UFC events, he finished by adding;

"Still a big fan and love the sport. But at one time, I did consider it."

We were so close to seeing the signature people's elbow inside the famed octagon.

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Topics: The Rock, UFC