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Combat Sports News: Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg
'The Fight Of The Century' and 'Battle Of The Billionaires' blasted Media Man, TMZ Sports and plenty of others followed, and the world was hyped for it - week after week, after week, media and fans created content to fuel the fire, MMA and sports news websites got behind it, and then the buzz got weaker - what happened?!
UFC Prez Dana White has gone public with some of the chain of events including a he-said, she-said dive and probe into Elon "The Cyborg" Musk vs Mark "The Lizard" Zuckerberg. *handles are affectionate stage name/gimmicks, just to try to keep you entertained on the story that never seems to have an end! The pain, oh the pain.
According to Zuckerberg, Musk is no longer taking the match-up seriously. Ouch!
Musk has been semi-active via X (formally Twitter), just in case you blinked and missed it.
“The fight will be managed by my and Zuck’s foundations (not UFC). Livestream will be on this platform and Meta. Everything in camera frame will be ancient Rome, so nothing modern at all.”
“Everything done will pay respect to the past and present of Italy. And all proceeds go to veterans.”
Dana White, mega promoter and head of the world's most succesful and cashed up MMA promotion, the UFC, was keen on the two tsars squaring off mano a mano in the Octagon, has reflected on what’s gone pear shaped via TMZ Sports.
“So (Zuckerberg) and I talk multiple times a week. We (had) dinner last Monday. He’s very serious about competing…What he was saying in response to Elon was, ‘There are tons of professional organizations out there, and this is the way that this should be done.’ Not in some backyard or whatever he was saying. Elon’s hilarious.”
“Think about this; you’ve got two of the richest, most powerful men in the world and they say they wanna fight. It has to be sanctioned by an athletic commission, the proper medical testing has to be done, the proper drug testing has to be done, and that’s what Zuckerberg was saying. Zuckerberg is saying, ‘There are plenty of professional organizations out there, we should be fighting in the UFC.’”
To add extra balance and perspective, Mark Zuckerberg had also mentioned ONE Championship as being a potential host to promote the fight. CEO of ONE Championship, Chatri Sityodtong, even took to X to present his thoughts on the potential MMA match, the competitors, respect and the like.
Dana White conceeded he did speak with the Italian government just as Musk stated he did re the Roman Colosseum.
“I did talk with the people from the Ministry of Culture, and they were interested in doing the fight. That is absolutely true.”
The initial buzz and hype machine on the potential fight has slowed, but if it starts looking like much more than just 'Fantasy Booking', as Media Man and others have got to be known for, speaking to fighters, promoters and such - then the fans and news media will get behind this again.
"The world still wants to see Musk vs Zuck. At present it's been more the Social Media Wars, with Musk winning the majority of the 6 or so rounds thus far, but our scorecard has Zuck on points for the 6th. Musk has not submitted, but did take a couple of bruises, since Dana White checked in on the fighters and has acted somewhat as commisioner, ref and perhaps Zuck corner-man. The online battle has still offered some entertainment value", and at least there was no PPV charge for this one. Almost like a dark match or prelim match. Millions want the fight to happen and it would generate millions for charity. Comon' fellas, lets make history" - Media Man under the watercooler.
