Elon Musk is speaking about bodily combating Mark Zuckerberg once more. There nonetheless are no precise plans for a combat in movement although, making it seem like X/Twitter‘s proprietor continues to stay all bark and no chew.
In a video posted to X by Fox Information reporter Kelly Phares, Musk states that he is nonetheless sport to get his ass handed to him by Meta‘s CEO. The 2 billionaires spent a lot of final yr teasing the chance of a cage combat, although nothing ever eventuated.
“I am going to combat Zuckerberg anywhere, any time, any guidelines,” Musk declared on Wednesday, displaying shockingly misplaced bravado.
Responding to the information on Threads, Zuckerberg merely stated, “Are we actually doing this once more?”
Whereas Musk solely started making ready for the proposed billionaire cage match final July, Zuckerberg has publicly been practising combined martial arts (MMA) for years. He has received a number of medals in a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) event, and his ardour for fight sports activities was even listed as a danger to Meta’s enterprise in its annual report filed in February.
But regardless of his comparative lack of coaching, Musk has beforehand expressed a perception that he may overcome Zuck purely as a result of he’s heavier, claiming to weigh “at the very least 300 lbs” (136 kg). Zuckerberg medaled in a BJJ event’s featherweight division final Might, which has a weight restrict of 154.5 lbs (70 kg).
However once more, to reiterate, Zuckerberg medaled in a BJJ event. The very subsequent month after this occurred, Musk acknowledged that he “nearly by no means” workout routines “besides for choosing up my children & throwing them within the air.”
To be honest to Musk, he is removed from the one common man harbouring a unusual, baseless perception that he may beat a devoted athlete at their chosen sport. This doesn’t make it any much less embarrassing.
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Musk’s daring declare that he is able to go “anywhere, any time, any guidelines” is clearly hyperbole. He seemingly would not conform to pistols at daybreak. Even so, his previous behaviour throws severe doubt on whether or not Musk is definitely keen to combat Zuck in any respect.
The SpaceX CEO was the primary to increase the opportunity of a combat himself, posting to X final June that he was “up for a cage match if [Zuckerberg] is.” Whereas many dismissed it as a joke, Zuckerberg responded with an Instagram Story screenshotting the submit and telling Musk to “Ship Me Location.”
“Vegas Octogon,” Musk wrote on X. “I’ve this nice transfer that I name ‘The Walrus’, the place I simply lie on high of my opponent & do nothing.”
This unserious reply appeared to counsel that Musk by no means actually supposed to fistfight Zuckerberg. Certainly, the complete matter may simply have ended there. Nonetheless, Musk subsequently introduced in early August that his combat with Zuckerberg could be livestreamed on X for charity.
This was obvious information to Zuckerberg, who shortly made clear that any preparations for a Musk vs. Zuck combat had been removed from settled. Along with proposing a “extra dependable platform that may really increase cash for charity,” Fb’s co-founder revealed that he had prompt a date of Aug. 26 when Musk first proposed the combat in June. Sadly, Musk nonetheless had not confirmed the date over a month later.
“Not holding my breath,” Zuckerberg wrote on Threads.
Responding in a submit on X, Musk acknowledged that the date of the combat was “in flux” as a result of he may must get surgical procedure first. Nonetheless, Zuckerberg shared that Musk had requested a personal apply spherical earlier than committing to a public combat, suggesting that it wasn’t well being points that had been retaining him out of the ring. Apply matches earlier than a combat usually are not commonplace apply in MMA.
Musk confirmed that he had requested for a apply spherical to be held previous to Aug. 26, and even declared an intention to easily present up at Zuckerberg’s Palo Alto home on Aug. 14 to combat. Zuckerberg was not within the metropolis on the time.
“I supplied an actual date,” Zuckerberg wrote. “[President of Ultimate Fighting Championship] Dana White supplied to make this a legit competitors for charity. Elon will not verify a date, then says he wants surgical procedure, and now asks to do a apply spherical in my yard as a substitute. If Elon ever will get severe about an actual date and official occasion, he is aware of the best way to attain me. In any other case, time to maneuver on. I will give attention to competing with individuals who take the game significantly.”
Musk responded by calling Zuckerberg a “rooster,” which appears fairly hypocritical coming from a man apparently doing his finest to dodge a combat that he proposed. Till we really see the 2 bodily sq. up, it appears as if all this speak of a billionaire brawl is solely sizzling air for inflating Musk’s chest.