‘The Rock’ to the UFC?


Last year, WWE supertar Phil “CM Punk” Brooks tried his hand at mixed martial arts. For the fighter’s first performance, Brooks was shoved into the octagon and asked to prove his worth. Unfortunately, the newly trained mixed martial artist suffered a swift defeat to Mickey Gall at UFC 203. That being said, it would appear that another WWE superstar nearly made his way into the octagon.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson recently revealed that he had plans to pursue a career in mixed martial arts. The WWE megastar even had an MMA gym picked out.

Johnson stated over Twitter, “Yup, I considered @ufc 10yrs ago. My goal was @GregJacksonMMA as my coach & 2 full yrs to train. Smartened up ’cause I prefer my jaw in tact.”