Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg

Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg
Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg
	Elon Musk (left) and Mark Zuckerberg (right)
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Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg was a proposed martial arts match between business magnates Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.

Musk acquired Twitter in October 2022. He began feuding with Zuckerberg after reports emerged that Instagram, owned by Zuckerberg's company, Meta Platforms, was working on a Twitter competitor. Musk challenged Zuckerberg to a cage match, which Zuckerberg accepted. According to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White, both men were very serious about the fight.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Zuckerberg began training in mixed martial arts and Brazilian jiu-jitsu and completed his first tournament in May 2023 after paying to have it restarted. After the challenge, both Musk and Zuckerberg received training offers from fighters, with the most famous, being British American social media influencer Andrew Tate. In August, talks restarted about holding the fight, including holding it in Italy.^[1]

The fight was seen under the backdrop of a change in Zuckerberg's image, particularly following the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal.

^ Ghiglione, Davide (August 11, 2023). "Italy could host Musk v Zuckerberg cage fight". BBC News. Archived from the original on August 24, 2023. Retrieved August 24, 2023.

[1] Ghiglione, Davide (August 11, 2023). "Italy could host Musk v Zuckerberg cage fight". BBC News. Archived from the original on August 24, 2023. Retrieved August 24, 2023.

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