One founded Facebook and the other made his fortune from companies like Tesla, Twitter, and SpaceX. Now two of the world’s most powerful entrepreneurs can come face to face in Slosspingen.
And for those who doubt this will ever happen: if UFC President Dana White is to be believed, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are both ready to fight.
– I spoke with Mark and Elon yesterday. They both totally mean this, he says According to TMZreproduced before Aftonbladet.
withdraw immediately
Twitter feud
It all started when Zuckerberg announced Facebook’s plans for a Twitter competitor were in the works. Musk did not like this, and offered to fight, specifically on Twitter. “I’m ready to fight if he (Zuckerberg), lol,” Musk wrote.
Zuckerberg didn’t let himself be intimidated, and replied, “Submit the location,” shortly after. Now the fight looks set to become a reality, as it will by all indications take place in Vegas Octagon.
Jiu-jitsu in the age of corona
Both fighters have great faith in their own chances, even if Zuckerberg is ahead Probability stats. He is said to have learned the Japanese martial art of jiu-jitsu during the pandemic, and recently won a competition in California. But that doesn’t scare Musk away.
– I have this cool move I call “The Walrus”, where I lie on top of my opponent and do nothing. He writes on Twitter
I have this cool move that I call “The Walrus,” where I lie on top of my opponent and do nothing
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 22, 2023
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Fighting is above all
If the fight becomes real, as it appears, White is confident in his cause.
The biggest fight ever was Floyd (Mayweather) vs Conor (McGregor). This fight will still be three times bigger, he tells TMZ.
Wyatt explains that meeting two world-famous business leaders in the ring is in itself a great event, but it’s their fighting background that makes the fight so great.
– There are no limits to what this can be. Zuckerberg has a background in jiu-jitsu, while Musk trained in mixed martial arts. White concludes that he also participated in a few matches while growing up in South Africa.
Now it remains to be seen whether the parties keep their promise, and whether the battle is nothing more than a PR stunt.
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