#5 The Rock
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Yet another megastar moulded within the squared circle who openly expresses his admiration of MMA, the Rock seriously contemplated making a career out of it after he left the WWE for Hollywood.
It was still early days in his movie career, and the Rock wasn’t the box-office phenomenon that he is today. Disillusioned at the slow rate of progress, he actually fiddled with the idea of transitioning into MMA.
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In an interview that he gave a UFC magazine, he said the only thing that stopped him from pulling the trigger was the realisation that he would have to train for a few years at least to be any good at it ( and the small matter of not liking being punched in the face).
It was an astute move in hindsight, as he’s one of the biggest stars in Hollywood today and he would have probably gotten washed had he fought in the UFC anyway. Still, it’s fascinating to note that he was probably one flopped movie away from entering the Octagon cage.
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