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
Elon MuskandMark Zuckerbergmay soon be facing off … in a cage match?
The two tech titans have been going back and forth on social media after they seemingly agreed to fight each other in Las Vegas.
The exchanges began earlier this week whena Twitter user postedabout Meta’s upcoming product that is rumored to compete with Twitter.
Musk, who owns Twitter,responded to the tweet, “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 😅.”
Another Twitter userwarned Musk, 51, “Better be careful@elonmuskI heard he does the ju jitsu now 😆🤣😂😹😆🤣😂😹😆.”
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Elon Musk’s tweet.Elon Musk Twitter
Elon Musk Twitter
Muskquickly replied, “I’m up for a cage match if he is lol.”
“Vegas Octagon,” Musktweeted late Wednesday evening, referring to the most popular location for Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) matches.
It’s unclear how serious the two billionaires are about the cage fight, but as a Meta spokesperson says in a statement to PEOPLE, “The story speaks for itself.”
Mark Zuckerberg Instagram.Mark Zuckerberg’s Instagram Story post
Mark Zuckerberg’s Instagram Story post
“I almost never work out, except for picking up my kids & throwing them in the air,” the SpaceX CEO wrote about his current work out routine.
In response to a Twitter usersharing a news storyabout the alleged match, Musk tweeted, “Thiswould be hilarious🤣”
He also tweeted, “I have thisgreat move that I call ‘The Walrus’,where I just lie on top of my opponent & do nothing.”
Later on Wednesday night, Musksaid he’d participateif it really happened: “If this is for real, I will do it 🔥🔥”
Mark Zuckerberg competing in jiu-jitsu tournament.Mark Zuckerberg / Instagram
Zuckerberg, who recently medaled in his first-ever jiu-jitsu tournament, took up mixed martial arts during theCOVID-19pandemic, he revealed in anAugust 2022 interviewwith podcast hostJoe Rogan.
At the time, the Meta co-founder and CEO said the sport helped give him an energy boost.
“MMA is the perfect thing,” Zuckerberg said on the podcast, perVice. “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.”
“Competed in my first jiu jitsu tournament and won some medals 🥇🥈 for the Guerrilla Jiu Jitsu team,” the billionaire wroteafter winning in May.
source: people.com
