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Road House’s Jake Gyllenhaal On Entering UFC’s ‘Sacred Space’

Not many actors can say they have graced the canvas of the UFC Octagon.

Like Kevin James in 2011’s ‘Here Comes The Boom’, Jake Gyllenhaal had the ‘honor’ of entering the cage for his lead role in ‘Road House’. The 1989 remake stars Gyllenhaal as Elwood Dalton, a former MMA fighter who runs into all kinds of trouble while protecting a roadhouse in the Florida Keys.

With fighting Irishman Conor McGregor as his co-star, the UFC brought out the big guns and let Gyllenhaal and co. film his very own UFC debut at UFC 285 in front of a live audience.