The Rock To Make Huge UFC Announcement This Friday

What news does 'The Great One' have up his sleeve?

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Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson will be in the house for this week's UFC 244 pay-per-view at Madison Square Garden, and it looks like he'll play a post-fight role in the night's blockbuster Nate Diaz vs. Jorge Masvidal main event.

As confirmed by 'The Great One' himself during an Instagram live stream yesterday, Rocky will be on-hand to place the UFC's new Baddest Motherf*cker championship belt (yes, that is a real thing) around the winner's waist, having previously promised to do so on Twitter:-

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On top of this, The Rock will be present at the official UFC 244 pre-show press conference this coming Friday, claiming that he wants to announce "something that I wanted to tell the UFC fans and MMA community first."

This almost certainly isn't a mixed martial arts fight. Such rumours spread shortly after Rock's Instagram stream, but it's hard to see a highly-paid Hollywood megastar taking that leap, and the Wrestling Observer have since confirmed that the announcement probably won't have anything to do with fighting.

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The Rock's press conference announcement will come one day after former UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez's Crown Jewel clash with Brock Lesnar, continuing this week's MMA/wrestling crossover theme.

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