Mark Kerr, born December 21, 1968, is an American former wrestler and mixed martial artist from Toledo, Ohio. At Syracuse University he became an NCAA Division I champion at 190 pounds in 1992, and in freestyle wrestling he won gold at the 1994 World Cup in Edmonton and silver at the 1995 Pan American Games. After missing the 1996 Olympics he turned to mixed martial arts, winning the World Vale Tudo Championship 3 tournament, taking the UFC heavyweight tournament title twice and competing in PRIDE FC. In submission wrestling he is a four-time ADCC World Champion. His career and struggles with substance abuse were the subject of the 2002 HBO documentary The Smashing Machine, and a 2025 A24 film of the same name starred Dwayne Johnson as Kerr.
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Mark Kerr (born December 21, 1968) is an American former wrestler and mixed martial artist.
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Mark Kerr (born December 21, 1968) is an American former wrestler and mixed martial artist.
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His father was Irish, and his mother was Puerto Rican.
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In submission wrestling, Kerr is a four-time ADCC World Champion, winning his weightclass twice along with the absolute division and the Superfight Championship.
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Following his success in Brazil, Mark Kerr was invited to fight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
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Kerr won silver in freestyle at the 1995 Pan American Games.
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