Mark Kerr headed to UFC Hall of Fame's Pioneer Wing

08-06-2025

Mark Kerr headed to UFC Hall of Fame's Pioneer Wing
Mark Kerr is the latest fighter who will head to the UFC Hall of Fame later this month.
Kerr, who won the UFC 14 and UFC 15 heavyweight tournaments, will go into the Hall's Pioneer Wing, the promotion announced Saturday during the UFC 316 pay-per-view broadcast. The induction ceremony takes place in Las Vegas as part of International Fight Week for UFC 317.
"Mark Kerr was a high-level wrestler who also fought for PRIDE and was one of the early pioneers of the sport," UFC CEO Dana White said in a news release.
Kerr will be the 21st member of the Pioneer Wing, which has fighters who became professional largely in the 1990s ahead of the adoption of a unified ruleset.
Kerr is one of just five fighters with multiple UFC tournament wins. The other four all are in the UFC Hall of Fame: Royce Gracie, Mark Coleman, Dan Severn and Don Frye.
Kerr and his "Smashing Machine" nickname became legendary, and his background is legendary enough that an upcoming biopic starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson already is garnering acclaim. Johnson will be on hand to induct Kerr into the Hall, the UFC announced.
The UFC's news release includes this about Kerr's non-UFC pursuits: