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25 biggest celebrity MMA fans: The Rock, Snoop Dogg, Madonna and more

By Amy Kaplan

LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 23: (L-R) Daniel Cormier, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chris Weidman pose for a portrait during the UFC 187 event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 23, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV - MAY 23: (L-R) Daniel Cormier, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chris Weidman pose for a portrait during the UFC 187 event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 23, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) /
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ANAHEIM, CA – NOVEMBER 12: (L-R) Mixed martial arts fighter Dominick Cruz, actor Mickey Rourke and mixed martial arts fighter Carlos Condit attend UFC on Fox: Live Heavyweight Championship at the Honda Center on November 12, 2011 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
ANAHEIM, CA – NOVEMBER 12: (L-R) Mixed martial arts fighter Dominick Cruz, actor Mickey Rourke and mixed martial arts fighter Carlos Condit attend UFC on Fox: Live Heavyweight Championship at the Honda Center on November 12, 2011 in Anaheim, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) /

24. Mickey Rourke

It would not be an MMA fight without actor (and boxer) Mickey Rourke. He’s spotted at pretty much every single UFC event and has even been spotted at local regional promotions around Orange County and Los Angeles.

He’s been pictured with Dominick Cruz, Carlos Condit, Chuck Lidell and many, many others proving that he’s not just a fan, but a friend. If you check out his Instagram feed you’ll see that he posts more about fighters he likes/supports than anything else (and he appears to be a Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone fan).

It’s clear that fighting is in Rourke’s blood. He’s 65 years old, but still trains and even had a boxing match as recently as 2014. It seems that there might be nothing that Rourke can’t do.

“He was always a big fan of fighting and we never met, we just circled each other,” Frank Shamrock told MMAmania in 2014. “He was doing The Wrestler and one day I’m in the gym training for who knows? Nick Diaz or somebody and he calls me up and says ‘I want to use your move.’ I go, ‘what do you mean?’ He had his stunt coordinator put him on who was a friend of mine and he said, ‘Listen, I want to use your move, but I don’t want to use it without asking you. I have a lot of respect for you and I want to use that move you did on Baroni where you gave him that sleeper thing.'”

Rourke clearly respects the fight game, and in return, the fighters appear to respect him.

He even appeared in an episode of UFC Embedded before UFC 184.

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