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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 鈥淭he Rock鈥� Johnson heard Gorimbo鈥檚 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鈥檚 Caroline Barker back to that life-changing encounter with 鈥淭he Rock鈥� 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 鈥淭he Rock鈥� 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)

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