- Elon Musk stated a cage battle with Mark Zuckerberg “would possibly really occur.”
- Talking in a Twitter house, Musk admitted the battle may go badly given his lack of expertise.
- Some consider Zuckerberg’s jiu-jitsu expertise give him an edge over the Twitter and Tesla CEO.
Hypothesis that Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg may really get in a hoop and battle one another simply will not go away. And now the Twitter proprietor has admitted the potential battle may very well happen.
Since Musk appeared to jokingly challenge the Meta CEO and newbie jiu-jitsu fighter to a cage battle final week, momentum has gathered tempo. Zuck took the bait, telling Musk to ship him a location for the bout, with a Meta consultant telling The Verge that the CEO wasn’t joking.
Dana White, the CEO of UFC, stated he spent an hour and a half speaking on the cellphone to Musk and Zuckerberg following the feedback, concluding they had been each “lifeless critical” about preventing.
Musk appeared Saturday on a Twitter Space hosted by Bloomberg reporter Ashlee Vance in regards to the rise of economic house – however the very first query was in regards to the potential brawl with Zuck.
Talking from what he stated was a good friend’s celebration in Europe, Musk stated: “Nicely I have never began coaching but. If it does occur I’ll practice.”
Regardless of being taller and heavier than Zuckerberg, Musk’s lack of mixed-martial arts expertise has most observers, together with Insider’s Hasan Chowdhury, concluding he could be more likely to lose.
“I spend my time in accordance to what’s wanted and I do not often should battle folks,” Musk stated within the interview.
Cage fights contain quite a lot of martial arts, together with Zuck’s favored jiu-jitsu, in addition to kickboxing, Muay Thai, wrestling, and boxing. It is unclear what method Musk, who has a a lot bigger body than Zuck, would use within the octagon.
Zuck’s jiu-jitsu expertise are well-known and Vance stated he “takes these items fairly critically. This might go badly.”
Musk replied “yeah that is doable,” however concluded: “I believe it would really occur.”
It might be a really bodily finish to yearslong apathy between the pair, which has reportedly concerned slights at every others’ successes.
