Themba Gorimbo, The Rock and a story fit for Hollywood

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Themba Gorimbo's life story could have been a movie, and a real life Hollywood film star has played a starring role. The Zimbabwean UFC fighter had $7 left in his bank account before he won a life-changing fight as a mixed martial artist. It was here when Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson heard Gorimbo’s story, a story which resonated with the actor as he too was down to his last $7 before his wrestling and film fame. What happened next between the pair is a moment fit for Hollywood. Johnson surprised the Zimbabwean with the gift of a new home. Gorimbo takes Sportshour’s Caroline Barker back to that life-changing encounter with “The Rock” and shares his story from being a self-confessed diamond thief in the dangerous fields of Marange to making it to UFC, and how he wants to stay true to his word when he told “The Rock” he would become a champion. Image: Themba Gorimbo steps on the scale for the official weigh-in at the UFC Apex for UFC Vegas 73 - Dern vs Hill - weigh-ins on May 19, 2023, at the Sante Fe Station Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. (Photo by Louis Grasse/PxImages/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)