Musk: ‘fight is on’ at Zuckerberg’s house
Musk says he is going to Zuckerberg’s house “tonight” to fight him in an unscheduled bout.
For the Tesla FSD test drive in Palo Alto tonight, I will ask the car to drive to @finkd’s house. Will also test latest X livestream video, so you can monitor our adventure in real-time! If we get lucky and Zuck my actually answers the door, the fight is on!
For the Tesla FSD test drive in Palo Alto tonight, I will ask the car to drive to @finkd’s house.
Will also test latest X livestream video, so you can monitor our adventure in real-time!
If we get lucky and Zuck my 👅 actually answers the door, the fight is on!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 14, 2023
Zuckerberg: Musk ‘isn’t serious’ about fight
On threads, Zuckerberg says Musk isn’t serious about the proposed cage fight:
I offered a real date. Dana White (UFC boss) offered to make this 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. 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.
Musk: ‘Zuck is a chicken’
Musk calls Zuckerberg a “chicken” after the Meta founder says it is time to forget about their caged fight. In another post, he says Zuckerberg “can’t eat at chic fil a because that would be cannibalism.”
Zuck is a chicken
Zuck is a chicken
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 13, 2023
He can’t eat at chic fil a because that would be cannibalism
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 13, 2023
Musk says he may need back surgery
In response to a post about Zuckerberg saying he has been waiting for a confirmation of the date for their fight (Zuckerberg says he suggested Aug 26th, but did not hear back), Musk says:
Exact date is still in flux. I’m getting an MRI of my neck & upper back tomorrow. May require surgery before the fight can happen. Will know this week,
Exact date is still in flux. I’m getting an MRI of my neck & upper back tomorrow.
May require surgery before the fight can happen. Will know this week.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 7, 2023
Zuckerberg ‘ready’ to fight Musk
Zuckerberg says he is “ready today” for his cage fight with Musk. He says he even proposed a date for it on Threads (August 26th), but Musk has not responded. Musk has said that he might need surgery for a neck and back problem and has to undergo an MRI scan. He says the exact date of the fight is “in flux.” Zuckerberg reportedly has been eating 4,000 calories a day and has built an octagon in his backyard.
I’m ready today… but [Musk] hasn’t confirmed.
McGregor “interested” in Musk-Zuckerberg fight, but would not train them
McGregor says he would be willing to “do a bit of work with” Musk or Zuckerberg prior to their cage match, but would not formally train either of them, because he is busy training for a bout of his own. He is “interested” in the fight, he says, and hopes they “go ahead with it.”
I’m interested. Are they gonna go ahead with it? Is it gonna happen? If it happens under the UFC banner, I’m with it. It has to happen under the UFC banner… I’d do a bit of work with them. I hope they go ahead with it. Their pockets might be large, but is the talk cheap? They said it. Are they gonna do it now? I’m excited to see how it unfolds.
Musk, Zuckerberg invited to fight at the Colosseum
Italy’s minister of culture reaches out to Zuckerberg and Musk to offer them to have their fight at the Colosseum. Musk tweets:
Some chance fight happens in Colosseum. Need to work on my endurance
and posts a clip from the movie “The Life of Brian”. It is not clear where in the Colosseum the fight could actually take place. While it could once hold tens of thousands of people, it can no longer host more than a few hundred people inside special temporary seating, and it has hosted few large events in recent times.
Need to work on my endurancehttps://t.co/jjh7uxfwC6
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 30, 2023
Musk’s mother disapproves of Zuckerberg cage fight
Maye Musk disapproves her son’s proposed cage fight with Zuckerberg and asks Musk’s followers to stop encouraging this match. On a tweet showcasing Musk training for the fight, she replied:
Sorry, I can’t click a like on this
Sorry, I can’t click a like on this.🫣🧐 https://t.co/iYzs9ub2Yb
— Maye Musk (@mayemusk) June 28, 2023
Sparring partner ‘extremely impressed’ by Musk’s strength
After practising with Musk, Fridman, who holds a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, says:
I did an impromptu training session with Elon Musk for a few hours yesterday. I’m extremely impressed with his strength, power, and skill, on the feet and on the ground. It was epic.”
Musk replies:
That was fun!
That was fun!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 28, 2023
Musk’s father: ‘crazy fight’ is a ‘no-win situation’ for Musk
Musk’s father Errol calls the cage match with Mark Zuckerberg a “crazy fight” and a “no-win situation” for his son. He says the Musk family is worried about it, and thinks Musk has gotten himself into this situation as a result of “high school behavior.” Asked whether Musk can “handle himself,” Errol says his son earned a purple belt in Japanese Karate Association, but “does not know how to go for the kill.”
The thing is if this crazy fight goes ahead, if Elon beats this guy, Elon will be called a bully, being so much heavier and taller, while if he loses the humiliation would be total. It’s a no-win situation for Elon. Wins, he’s a bully. Loses, he’s a loser.
White denies Musk-Zuckerberg fight is a ‘gimmick’
Dana White denies that the Musk-Zuckerberg fight is a “gimmick.” In a video on Twitter, White can be seen wearing a UFC-branded t-shirt with the words ‘ZUCKERBERG -VS- MUSK’ on it. In the video’s comments section, some people suggest that the fight is a publicity stunt, to which White says:
This isn’t a gimmick fight. Gimmick is MMA guys going to Boxing and getting beat. We have seen it already and know how it ends. This is a fight between 2 of the most powerful / richest guys in the world. Who will win? Who has seen this before? NOBODY. It’s also a crossover fight that literally EVERY EVERYONE will watch.
Keep watching MMA vs. Boxer in boxing. Apparently u love those fights even though u KNOW EXACTLY who’s gonna win. All good.
— danawhite (@danawhite) June 25, 2023
White: Musk-Zuckerberg ‘cage match’ PPV would cost $100, bring in over $1 billion
White says he spoke with both billionaires about their cage match challenge:
Mark Zuckerberg hit me up first and said ‘is he serious?’
The Tesla CEO told him:
Yeah, I’m dead serious.
White says he is in the early stages of planning the fight, but said the $100 pay=per-view cost would bring three times more revenue than Conor McGregor-Floyd Mayweather in 2017, which brought in more than $600 million (Mayweather took home $275 million, McGregor 85 million .
This would be the biggest fight ever in the history of the world, bigger than anything that’s ever been done. It would break all pay-per-view records. I think it triples [Mayweather-McGregor]. There’s no limit on what this thing can make. I don’t think either one of them needs the money. These guys would raise hundreds of millions of dollars for charity. If these guys are serious, I make fights that people want to see. That’s what I do for a living.
Peterson asks Musk if he’ll fight Zuckerberg naked
While reposting an article about the Musk-Zuckerberg cage match, Jordan Peterson asks Musk on Twitter whether they will fight naked or clothed. Peterson has been tweeting about the match between Musk and Zuckerberg in recent days and now that he is asking this, he also suggests that there should “be oil involved.” The article headline mentions Musk challenging Zuckerberg to the match, to which Peterson replies:
Naked or clothed? @elonmusk
And there should definitely be oil involved 🙂
And there should definitely be oil involved 🙂
— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) June 22, 2023
Andrew Tate to Musk: ‘I will train you’
Former professional kickboxer and light-heavyweight champion Andrew Tate offers to train Musk for his cage fight against Mark Zuckerberg, whom Tate calls “the enemy clans leader.”
I will train you @elonmusk. You will not lose.
Tate was banned from Meta’s platforms in 2022 and is currently on house arrest after being criminally charged with rape and human trafficking in Eastern Europe. Musk has not yet responded.
Meta banned me everywhere for telling the truth about vaccines.
But now we can restore honour with a strike at the enemy clans leader.
I will train you @elonmusk.
You will not lose.
— Andrew Tate (@Cobratate) June 22, 2023
Zuckerberg accepts Musk’s ‘cage fight’ challenge
In response to a conversation about Zuckerberg’s Meta launching a ‘sane’ version of Twitter, a Twitter user warns Musk that he should ‘be careful” because the Facebook CEO “does the ju jitsu now”. Musk responds:
I’m up for a cage match if he is lol
I’m sure Earth can’t wait to be exclusively under Zuck’s thumb with no other options.
At least it will be “sane”. Was worried there for a moment 😅.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 21, 2023
I’m up for a cage match if he is lol
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 21, 2023
Zuckerberg replies on his verified Instagram account:
Send me location
Musk responds that the match should be in Vegas Octagon, while also mocking his lack of athletic skills.
Vegas Octagon. I have this great move that I call “The Walrus”, where I just lie on top of my opponent & do nothing
I have this great move that I call “The Walrus”, where I just lie on top of my opponent & do nothing
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 22, 2023
Zuckerberg is an aspirational MMA fighter who is already winning Jiu-Jitsu tournaments. He also claims to have recently completed the gruelling “Murph Challenge” workout in just under 40 minutes. Previously, Musk challenged Vladimir Putin to ‘single combat’.