Elon Musk rechallenges tech boss rival Mark Zuckerberg to battle of billionaires cage fight

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  • The brace person teased nan anticipation of fighting each different since June past year 

By Milo Pope

Published: 07:42 EDT, 25 July 2024 | Updated: 08:09 EDT, 25 July 2024

Elon Musk has rechallenged rival tech leader Mark Zuckerberg to a cage conflict 1 twelvemonth aft they first vowed to return each different on. 

In what became a viral back-and-forth successful June past year, Musk tweeted bragging that he was 'up for a cage lucifer if he is', to which nan Meta leader responded connected Instagram 'send maine nan location'.

Since past nan brace person exchanged digs, pinch nan Tesla leader claiming a conflict betwixt them would beryllium 'unfair' on Joe Rogan's podcast owed to his size advantage.

Now, Musk has added further substance to nan occurrence aft he responded to a mobility arsenic to whether he will ever conflict nan Meta CEO. 

Speaking astatine nan Capitol Hill successful Washington D.C., nan Tesla leader said: 'I'll conflict Zuckerberg immoderate place, immoderate time, immoderate rules.'

Musk laughed astatine himself aft claiming he would fight Mark Zuckerberg 'any place, immoderate time, immoderate rules'

A look astatine really nan 2 tech bosses would stack up against each different if they were to ever fight

In August past year, Musk contacted Zuckerberg connected X to opportunity he was outside his doorway and fresh to person a warm-up fight. 

A spokesperson for Mark, however, said he was presently travelling and had nary liking successful fighting personification who 'randomly shows up astatine his house'.

The billionaire duo person been flirting pinch nan anticipation of a super-fight that UFC president Dana White believes would make complete $1billion successful gross for nan champion portion of 2 months.

Zuckerberg has expressed doubts complete a competitory conflict pinch Musk, which would apt beryllium staged astatine nan Colosseum successful Rome.

He besides told Musk to interaction him if he ever 'gets superior astir a existent day and charismatic event' for a cage conflict nether MMA rules successful a station connected his caller social-media level Threads.

‘I offered a existent date. [UFC president] Dana White offered to make this a legit title for charity,' Zuckerberg said.

'Elon won’t corroborate a date, past says he needs surgery, and now asks to do a believe information successful my backyard instead.'

Musk antecedently leaked backstage messages pinch Zuckerberg aft sending a screenshot of their latest speech to Isaacson, successful which he urged nan Facebook laminitis to judge a warm-up conflict earlier their projected $1b showdown.

Zuckerberg pictured training pinch UFC stars Israel Adesanya (left) and Alexander Volkanovski (right) past year

Musk besides spent clip practicing past twelvemonth up of their suspected cage fight

Zuckerberg pictured formerly competing successful a martial arts BJJ tournament. He told Musk to interaction him if he ever 'gets superior astir a existent day and charismatic event'

A conflict betwixt nan 2 would apt hap astatine nan Colosseum successful Rome. Musk has antecedently said nan Italian Prime Minister and its Minister of Culture agreed to an 'epic location'

Zuckerberg, however, told him to get superior complete a competitory title aliases 'move on' from nan saga amid fears they are 'hyping thing that will ne'er happen'.

'If you still want to do a existent MMA fight, past you should train connected your ain and fto maine cognize erstwhile you're fresh to compete,' he wrote.

'I don't want to support hyping thing that will ne'er happen, truthful you should either determine you're going to do this and do it soon, aliases we should move on.'

According to Business Insider, Musk's afloat reply was: 'I person not been practicing much, isolated from a little bout pinch Lex Fridman today.

'While I deliberation it is very unlikely, fixed our size difference, possibly you are a modern time Bruce Lee and will someway win.'

Musk told Rogan past year: 'He [Zuckerberg] accused maine of not being serious. And I said, "Listen, astatine nan extremity of nan day, I'll conflict you immoderate place, anyplace nether immoderate rules".'

The Tesla laminitis added, 'I'm measurement bigger than him, it's unfair. I don't deliberation he should conflict me.'

He besides said that he had erstwhile fighting experience, including competing successful martial arts arsenic a teenager.

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