(SNews) – Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has accepted Twitter boss Elon Musk’s challenge to a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) “cage fight.”
Musk may have been joking but Facebook founder Zuckerberg appears to have taken the offer seriously.
Zuckerberg has been training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and the Meta boss just won a tournament.
The back-and-forth was sparked when Zuckerberg started working on a Twitter competitor after Musk transformed his platform.
Meta’s chief product officer Chris Cox told employees the company thinks people want a version of Twitter that is “sanely run.”
While Zuckerberg said during a recent podcast interview with Lex Fridman:
“I’ve always thought that Twitter should have a billion people using it.”
This caused Musk to say he would be “up for a cage fight” with Zuckerberg.
Zuckerberg fired back by posting a screenshot of Musk’s tweet with the caption: “send me location.”
A reporter, Alex Heath, then confirmed that Zuckerberg’s post was not a joke.
“The story speaks for itself,” Meta spokesperson Iska Saric told him.
Musk responded with two words: “Vegas Octagon.”
I’ve confirmed that Mark Zuckerberg is serious about fighting @elonmusk and is now waiting on the details (if Musk decides to follow through)
“The story speaks for itself,” a Meta spokesperson says re: Zuck’s IG post saying “send me location”https://t.co/4g1IkqOl47
— Alex Heath (@alexeheath) June 22, 2023
He added, “I have this great move that I call ‘The Walrus,’ where I just lie on top of my opponent and do nothing.”
Vegas Octagon
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 22, 2023
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