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Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears poised to fight Meta CEO rival Mark Zuckerberg after accepting a training offer from Canadian UFC fighter Georges St-Pierre.
In a Twitter thread last weekMusk said he’d be ready for a cage fight against Zuckerberg after speculation that Meta would create a rival app to Twitter called “Threads.” Musk commented on his concerns about the CEO of Meta owning several social media apps, tweeting, “I’m sure the Earth can’t wait to be exclusively under Zuck’s thumb with no other options.”
A Twitter user jokingly warned Musk about his comments because Zuckerberg practices jiu-jitsu, to which Musk suggested a cage fight against his fellow tech billionaire. In response, Zuckerberg posted a screenshot of the Twitter thread with the caption “Send me location” in an Instagram story.
On Tuesday, the Quebec-born UFC fighter Georges St-Pierre tweeted to Muskwho offers to be his training partner in a possible fight against Zuckerberg.
“I’m a huge fan of yours and would be an absolute honor to help and be your training partner for the challenge against Zuckerberg,” St-Pierre tweeted.
“Okay, let’s do it,” replied Musk, who also owns Twitter.
While there’s no confirmation on whether the tech billionaires will actually fight offline, online support continues to fuel the promise of a potential cage fight.
Podcast host and jiu-jitsu black belt Lex Fridman tweeted a video of him training with Zuckerberg and said he was also looking forward to training with Musk.
In a video posted to TwitterUFC president Dana White also cheered on the tech billionaires while wearing a shirt that read “Zuckerberg vs. Musk.”
Here’s a highlight video of Mark Zuckerberg and I training jiu jitsu. I look forward to training with you @Elon Musk also. It’s inspiring to see both Elon and Mark embark on the martial arts journey. Watch the full video here: pic.twitter.com/WsLaRiFf1o
— Lex Fridman (@lexfridman) June 25, 2023
