Tech rivals in the ring: Mauler Mark v Evil Elon! Jiu-jitsu fanatic Zuckerberg accepts Elon Musk’s cage fight challenge
- Elon Musk tweeted Mark Zuckerberg saying he was ‘up for a cage fight’ with him
- Zuckerberg took a screenshot of Musk’s tweet and replied ‘send me the location’
They are titans in the world of technology.
But now the simmering feud between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg has bubbled over and the billionaires have agreed to face each other in a cage fight.
Musk, who took control of Twitter in October, tweeted that he was ‘up for a cage fight’ with Meta boss Zuckerberg.
Zuckerberg took a screenshot of Musk’s tweet and replied ‘send me location’, the catchphrase of the unbeaten mixed martial arts champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Musk, who took control of Twitter in October, tweeted that he was ‘up for a cage fight’ with Meta boss Zuckerberg
Zuckerberg took a screenshot of Musk’s tweet and replied ‘send me location’, the catchphrase of the unbeaten mixed martial arts champion Khabib Nurmagomedov
The Twitter boss, 51, joked: ‘I have this great move that I call “The Walrus”, where I just lie on top of my opponent and do nothing.’
He added: ‘I almost never work out, except for picking up my kids and throwing them in the air.’
Zuckerberg, 39, would appear to be in good shape after winning his first jiu-jitsu competition recently.
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Musk, a father of ten, has trained in Kyokushin karate, taekwondo, judo and ‘Brazilian jiu-jitsu briefly’, and once shared a photo of himself grappling a sumo wrestler.
Earlier this month, father-of-three Zuckerberg rubbished a report in The New York Times claiming he was knocked out during a jiu-jitsu fight.
The official said he heard the tech chief executive snoring and thought he had passed out during a chokehold.
But Zuckerberg told the publication the referee had mistaken his grunting for snoring.
‘That never happened,’ Zuckerberg wrote in an email.
Musk has form for challenging prominent people to fights that do not come to pass.
Last year, he challenged the Russian president, a judo blackbelt. ‘Stakes are Ukraine,’ he said.
The talk of a fight comes amid rumours that Zuckerberg is preparing to create a new app to rival Twitter, set to be called Threads.
The new platform, currently named Project 92, will reportedly have buttons similar to Twitter’s ‘like’ and ‘retweet’ functions, and a 500-character limit on posts.
The tale of the tape: Mauler Mark
Who’s fit enough?
MARK: At 39, the Zuck has youth on his side – Musk is 51. He’s in pretty good shape, recently doing ‘The Murph’, a fitness challenge, in a seriously impressive 39mins 58 secs. 5/5
Got the skills?
MARK: Zuckerberg has been training in both mixed martial arts and jiu-jitsu. ‘You don’t know this nerd is a silent killer,’ said Khai Wu, his MMA trainer. 4/5
Bank accounts
MARK: Zuckerberg is way behind on just over £78billion. The Facebook and Instagram owner is merely the tenth richest person in the world. 3/5
Who cares?
MARK: His Buddhist wife, Priscilla, is none too smitten by his newfound passion for martial arts, grimacing ringside in Las Vegas recently. 2/5
Touchy tekkies
MARK: Aside from having a rival platform to Twitter in the works, he is a passionate AI optimist, who has called Musk’s attacks on new tech ‘irresponsible’. 3/5
Final reckoning
MARK: The Zuck just shaves it, with his fitness and training standing him in good stead to run rings around the older, less nimble Musk.
Result: 17/25
The tale of the tape: Evil Elon
Who’s fit enough?
ELON: At 6ft 2in, Musk towers over Zuckerberg with a 7in height advantage. However, unlike his rival, Musk looks like he’s been piling on the pounds rather than lifting them. 2/5
Got the skills?
ELON: He claims to know karate, judo, taekwondo and jiujitsu. He had ‘real hardcore street fights’ growing up – and even knocked one boy out. 3/5
Bank accounts
ELON: According to Forbes, the boss of Twitter, Tesla and SpaceX has a net worth of £185billion, one of the richest people in the world. 5/5
Who cares?
ELON: He can call on the services of ten children to pack out the front row and cheer him on. Meanwhile Zuckerberg has ‘only’ three… 2/5
Touchy tekkies
ELON: Musk is firmly against runaway AI, warning of a so-called ‘Robocalypse’ in which machines decide to dispense with humans entirely. 3/5
Final reckoning
ELON: It’s going to be a close-run contest, but Musk needs to brush up on his takedown technique if he is to edge it over superfit Zuckerberg.
Result: 15/25
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