Well, it looks like Zuck clucked his way out of fighting with Elon Musk. The fight would have raised a boatload of money to be donated to veterans. But, like all things that lack a spine, Zuckerberg collapsed.
Zuckerberg vs. Musk wasn’t exactly going to be the MMA Fight of the Century. “In this corner, we have a 39-year-old father of three, weighing in at a lean 155 pounds and best known for his combative pursuit of a virtual reality where people only recently got legs… MARK ZUCKERBERG! And in the opposite corner, weighing in at 187 or 224, depending on the time of year, it’s the 52-year-old owner of a confusing, money-losing social media platform, and best known for his sick burns… ELON MUSK!”
The two billionaires were supposed to take part in a mixed martial arts match as both have training in jiu-jitsu. The fight was scheduled for August 26thm,m but now, Zuckerberg is bowing out for medical reasons. He didn’t want to get the crap kicked out of him.
Given their backgrounds in jiu-jitsu, it’s more probable that if a fight between Zuckerburg and Musk happens, it will take on a UFC style, as opposed to traditional boxing. Zuckerburg has a history in the sport, while Musk has trained with notable MMA practitioners John Danaher and Lex Friedman.
Musk wanted the fight to be held in the ruins of the Roman Empire. If you recall, one of the greatest fight scenes was filmed there with Bruce Lee taking on Chuck Norris.
Italy’s culture minister, Gennaro Sangiuliano said:
“I had a long and friendly phone conversation with Elon Musk. We talked about the common passion for the history of ancient Rome. We are discussing how to organise a great charity and historical evocation event, in full respect of the sites. It will not,” however, “be held in Rome.”
Musk insisted, however, tweeting (fine, it’s “posting” now) on Twitter (X, really) last Friday that the fight would livestream on his platform and on Zuckerberg’s rival Threads. “Everything in camera frame will be ancient Rome, so nothing modern at all.”
But things fell apart over the weekend, with Zuckerberg and the press claiming that Musk had chickened out.
On Saturday, Zuckerberg complained on Threads that “I love this sport and I’ve been ready to fight since the day Elon challenged me. If he ever agrees on an actual date, you’ll hear it from me.”
And on Sunday afternoon he, uh, threaded:
I think we can all agree Elon isn’t serious and it’s time to move on. I offered a real date. Dana White offered to make this a legit competition for charity. Elon won’t confirm a date, then says he needs surgery, and now asks to do a practice round in my backyard instead. If Elon ever gets serious about a real date and official event, he knows how to reach me. Otherwise, time to move on. I’m going to focus on competing with people who take the sport seriously.
Matt Drudge — almost always now on the wrong side of everything — devoted a Drudge Report panel to the controversy.
The Hill’s Monday morning headline reads: “Zuckerberg: Musk isn’t serious about cage fight and ‘it’s time to move on’.”
NBC News: “Zuckerberg dismisses Musk for avoiding cage fight.”
And the Verge pulled no punches with their headline: Zuckerberg says he’s ready to fight and that Elon keeps making things up.
But, Musk has the receipts:
This is the full message: pic.twitter.com/UzbKoIkFOc
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 13, 2023
Cluck cluck cluck.
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Musk is as much a liar and a cheat as is Fake Zuckerberg. Musk is still suspending people for their speech. What happened to free speech?
Give two examples