Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, and Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, have both expressed a “dead serious” interest in facing off in an octagon cage fight, according to UFC President Dana White. Speaking with both billionaires and getting their approval for the fight, White told TMZ. “I was talking to both Elon and Mark last night. Both guys are absolutely dead serious about this. They both said, ‘Yeah, we’ll do it!’,” said White. The UFC boss informed it was the Facebook co-founder that hit him first regarding the fight challenge by Musk.
“Mark Zuckerberg hit me up first and said, ‘Is he serious?’ I said, ‘I don’t know, let me ask him.’ I asked him and he said, ‘Yeah, I’m dead serious’,” added White. “This would be the biggest fight ever in the history of the world. Bigger than anything that’s ever been done. It would break all pay-per-view records. These guys would raise hundreds of millions of dollars for charity, and you don’t have to be a fight fan to be interested in this fight.” “The biggest fight of all time was Floyd [Mayweather] and Conor [McGregor], I just think it triples that – it triples what that did, there’s no limit on what that thing can make.”
The chain of events started on Tuesday when Musk commented on a tweet about Facebook potentially developing a Twitter competitor
The chain of events started on Tuesday when Musk commented on a tweet about Facebook potentially developing a Twitter competitor. “I’m sure Earth can’t wait to be exclusively under Zuck’s thumb with no other options. At least it will be ‘sane’. Was worried there for a moment,” Musk tweeted with a crying-laughing emoji. A Twitter user replied to Musk saying he should be careful of Zuckerberg since the Facebook boss had been practicing jiu-jitsu, a Brazilian martial art form. “I’m up for a cage match if he is lol,” replied a cavalier Musk.
Soon, Zuckerberg posted a screenshot of Musk’s tweet on his Instagram story, saying, “Send me location”. Afterward, another netizen posted Zuckerberg’s Instagram story screenshot to which Musk replied, “If this is for real, I will do it.” Musk also seemingly confirmed the fight by sharing the location of the fight as “Vegas Octagon”.
Musk made light of the situation in a later tweet, writing, “I have this great move that I call “The Walrus,” where I just lie on top of my opponent and do nothing.” Despite it being unknown how skilled Musk is with his hands, possible opponent Zuckerberg is no amateur. At his very first Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition in Redwood City, California, in May, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg took home two medals: a gold and a silver. The wealthy CEO discussed his participation in the Jiu-Jitsu competition and his team’s success on Instagram.