Mark Zuckerberg says Elon Musk ‘isn’t serious’ about cage fight – National | 24CA News
It doesn’t seem to be we’ll get to see Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk face off within the ring any time quickly.
In June, the 2 tech bosses proposed a “cage match” towards each other. Tension and competitors between Musk’s X (previously often known as Twitter) and Zuckerberg’s new app Threads created much more on-line hype for the 2 billionaires to battle it out.
But on Sunday, the Meta CEO appeared to have misplaced religion in Musk’s proposal for the blended martial arts (MMA) combat.
“I think we can all agree Elon isn’t serious and it’s time to move on,” Zuckerberg, 39, wrote on Threads.
Zuckerberg claimed he provided Musk, 52, a “real date” for the combat. He stated Dana White, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president, provided to make the spectacle “a legit competition for charity.”
“Elon won’t confirm a date, then says he needs surgery, and now asks to do a practice round in my backyard instead,” Zuckerberg continued.
On Aug. 6, Musk posted to X that he “may require surgery” on his again earlier than he can combat Zuckerberg.
“If Elon ever gets serious about a real date and official event, he knows how to reach me. Otherwise, time to move on. I’m going to focus on competing with people who take the sport seriously,” concluded Zuckerberg.
Zuckerberg, a jiu-jitsu fanatic, already competes towards individuals who take MMA as severely as he does. Last month, the Facebook founder stated he had obtained his blue belt within the sport. It reportedly takes between one and three years of coaching to earn a blue belt in jiu-jitsu.
Musk has not responded to Zuckerberg’s call-out.
Last week, nevertheless, Musk claimed the combat would happen in Rome, Italy. He stated he spoke to Italy’s prime minister and minister of tradition, who agreed on an “epic location” for the match.
Two days later, Musk shared a textual content allegedly from Zuckerberg that recommended the Tesla boss practice on his personal, then let Zuckerberg know when he was able to combat.
“I don’t want to keep hyping something that will never happen, so you should either decide you’re going to do this and do it soon, or we should move on,” the textual content reads.
Musk replied by suggesting he would win towards Zuckerberg due to their dimension distinction — however speculated maybe Zuckerberg is “a modern day Bruce Lee and will somehow win.”
It appears although that the one place Musk and Zuckerberg could also be combating is within the courtroom. Last month, Twitter despatched a cease-and-desist letter over the launch of Threads, which Musk and his workforce declare is an “unlawful misappropriation of Twitter’s trade secrets and other intellectual property.”
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