Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.Photo:Chesnot/Getty Images; Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images
Chesnot/Getty Images; Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images
Mark Zuckerbergsays he’s all set to face off againstElon Musk, but his fellow billionaire might need a little more time.
The idea of a “cage match” between Zuckerburg, 39, and Musk, 51, was firstfloated back in Juneamid an exchange between the two tech titans on social media, which ended with them seemingly agreeing to fight each other in Vegas.
And over the weekend, Zuckerberg said he is “ready today.”
“I suggested Aug 26 when he first challenged, but he hasn’t confirmed,”Zuckerburg wroteSunday onThreads, Instagram’s new app that’s similar in format to Musk’s Twitter (now known as X).
“Not holding my breath,” he added.
Later that evening, Musk said the “exact date” for the fight“is still in flux”due to his health.
“I’m getting an MRI of my neck & upper back tomorrow,” he wrote. Musk went on to say he “may require surgery before the fight can happen” but that he “will know this week.”
Speaking of his preparation, Musk went on to say he had been“lifting weights throughout the day”in preparation for the fight. “Don’t have time to work out, so I just bring them to work," he added in another social media post.
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Musk went on to say that the fight“will be live-streamed”on the social media platform hebought in 2022for $44 billion, with “all proceeds” supposedly going to “charity for veterans.”
In June, shortly after the billionaires seemingly agreed on the match, UFC President Dana White said he spoke with both men, whom he believes are“dead serious” about the proposal.
Speaking withTMZ, White said the fight would be “the biggest fight ever in the history of the world. Bigger than anything that’s ever been done.”
While Musk has been lifting at work, Zuckerberg has been training in jiu-jitsu — andfought in his first tournament in May.In an August 2022 interview with podcast host Joe Rogan, Zuckerberg revealed why he had taken up mixed martial arts during the pandemic.
“MMA is the perfect thing,” Zuckerberg said on the podcast,according toVice. “After an hour or two of working out, or rolling or wrestling with friends, or training with different folks, it’s like now I’m ready to go solve whatever problem at work for the day.”
In July, Zuckerberg appeared to train with UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski. Adesanyashared a trio of photoson X of the three in the gym, adding, “This is Serious Business.”
source: people.com
