Mark Zuckerberg v Elon Musk: From Twitter to the Colosseum, how cage combat plan unfolded

The gloves are (about to be) off: Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg present no indicators of backing down from their dedication to a supposed cage combat. 

Rumours of a combat between the Twitter proprietor and the boss of Meta have been swirling for weeks.

But how did the concept begin, is the combat truly going to occur – and who may win if it does?

Be cautious what you tweet – it’d simply come true

The spiralling plans for a naked knuckle combat between the tech billionaires began with an offhand comment from Musk.

Amid a dialogue about plans for Threads, Meta’s rival Twitter app, Musk tweeted, “I’m sure Earth can’t wait to be exclusively under Zuck’s thumb”, and adopted up with “I’m up for a cage match if he is lol.”

Zuckerberg took the bait. “Send me location” he posted on Instagram alongside a screenshot of Musk’s message.

Musk responded merely: “Vegas Octagon”, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) area in Las Vegas.

Is the combat truly going to occur?

UFC president Dana White appears to suppose so. He claims to have spoken to each males about their willingness to combat.

“Both guys are absolutely dead serious about this,” he advised TMZ Live.

Mr White has been in common contact with the pair and an overview of plans is being drawn up, in response to a report by the New York Times.

He advised the newspaper it might be an exhibition match, exterior official UCF jurisdiction, and would have some sort of charity factor.

“It will be the biggest fight in the history of combat sports,” he mentioned.

What combating expertise have they got?

Zuckerberg outstrips Musk in terms of expertise. The Facebook founder has taken up jiu-jitsu and received gold and silver medals in his first ever event.

Musk has beforehand admitted he not often works out “except for picking up my kids and throwing them in the air”.

“I have this great move that I call ‘The Walrus’, where I just lie on top of my opponent and do nothing,” Musk tweeted.

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So who’s more likely to win?

Zuckerberg appears to be the pure alternative for a winner. As nicely as jiu-jitsu coaching, he has taken on health challenges together with the “Murph” which entails doing a whole bunch of squats, push-ups and pull-ups whereas sporting a weighted vest.

At 39, he’s additionally 13 years youthful than Musk, who’s 52.

Where Musk dominates is measurement. He is round 6ft 1in to Zuckerberg’s 5ft 7ins and 13st 5lb to his 11st – a distinction of a number of weight courses.

Musk has mentioned he skilled in judo, kyokushin – a mode of karate – and no guidelines road combating, however admitted this was “very dated”.

What’s all this concerning the Colosseum?

Musk set the hearts of Gladiator followers racing when he prompt the combat may occur within the residence of gladiatorial contests.

“Some chance fight happens in the Colosseum,” he tweeted.

The Italian Ministry of Culture had completely 100% supplied the 2000-year-old Roman amphitheatre, if a report by TMS Sports was to be believed.

It wasn’t, in response to the Italian authorities, who advised the outlet there had been no formal contact “even if the news appears tasty”.

The ministry reportedly added: “If Zuckerberg and Musk wanted to perform in the Colosseum they would have to make a non-violent challenge.”