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 battle.
Rumours of a battle between the Twitter proprietor and the boss of Meta have been swirling for weeks.
But how did the thought begin, is the battle really going to occur – and who would possibly win if it does?
Be cautious what you tweet – it would simply come true
The spiralling plans for a naked knuckle battle 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 battle really going to occur?
UFC president Dana White appears to suppose so. He claims to have spoken to each males about their willingness to battle.
“Both guys are absolutely dead serious about this,” he informed TMZ Live.
Mr White has been in common contact with the pair and a top level view of plans is being drawn up, based on a report by the New York Times.
He informed the newspaper it could be an exhibition match, exterior official UFC jurisdiction, and would have some sort of charity aspect.
“It will be the biggest fight in the history of combat sports,” he mentioned.
What preventing expertise have they got?
Zuckerberg outstrips Musk in terms of expertise. The Facebook founder has taken up jiu-jitsu and gained gold and silver medals in his first ever match.
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 prone to win?
Zuckerberg appears to be the pure selection for a winner. As properly as jiu-jitsu coaching, he has taken on health challenges together with the “Murph” which entails doing tons of 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 lessons.
Musk has mentioned he skilled in judo, kyokushin – a method of karate – and no guidelines avenue preventing, however admitted this was “very dated”.
What’s all this in regards to the Colosseum?
Musk set the hearts of Gladiator followers racing when he urged the battle might occur within the house of gladiatorial contests.
“Some chance fight happens in the Colosseum,” he tweeted.
The Italian Ministry of Culture had completely 100% provided the 2000-year-old Roman amphitheatre, if a report by TMS Sports was to be believed.
It wasn’t, based on the Italian authorities, who informed 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.”
Source: information.sky.com”