Mark Zuckerberg has accused Elon Musk of not being severe in regards to the pair having a cage struggle - and says it's time to "move on" from the saga.

The Facebook co-founder stated his tech billionaire counterpart didn't seem to wish to undergo with the highly-anticipated conflict after failing to even agree on a date.

It comes following months of back-and-forth between the pair ever since Musk, 52, first prompt the thought - just for Zuckerberg, 39, to unexpectedly reply that he was ready to battle his rival.

But doubts have been raised if Musk is keen to undergo with the bout after claiming final week that he might must delay it as a result of he is likely to be having again surgical procedure.

He then requested a apply struggle first.

But on Sunday Zuckerberg prompt he had now given up hope of the struggle ever occurring.

He wrote on his social community website Threads: "I think we can all agree Elon isn't serious and it's time to move on.

"I supplied an actual date. [Ultimate Fighting Championship president] Dana White supplied to make this a legit competitors 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."

He added: "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."

Earlier on Sunday, Musk posted a screenshot on his social media website X, previously generally known as Twitter, of a textual content dialog between the 2 males.

According to the publish, Mr Zuckerberg wrote: "If you still want to do a real MMA [mixed martial arts] fight, then you should train on your own and let me know when you're ready to compete.

"I do not wish to hold hyping one thing that can by no means occur, so you need to both resolve you are going to do that and do it quickly, or we must always transfer on."

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Mr Musk replied: "I might be in Palo Alto on Monday. Let's struggle in your Octagon".

"I've not been training a lot... whereas I believe it is rather unlikely, given our measurement distinction, maybe you're a modern-day Bruce Lee and can one way or the other win."

Last week Mr Musk prompt the deliberate cage struggle would possibly happen in an "epic location" and claimed he had been in talks with the Italian authorities about internet hosting the occasion.

But Zuckerberg responded by saying he was "not holding his breath".

He added: "I love this sport and I've been ready to fight since the day Elon challenged me.

"If he ever agrees on an precise date, you will hear it from me. Until then, please assume something he says has not been agreed on."

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