Mark Zuckerberg accepted Elon Musk’s challenge for a “cage match” earlier this week.
Musk and Zuckerberg have had “a simmering feud for years,” with each grumbling about the other in private as well as taking occasional potshots in the public forum, the, citing sources who have heard the billionaires’ respective complaints.
Musk, who has been “cash poor for years” due to his wealth being largely tied up in Tesla stock, has reportedly “brooded that Zuckerberg had made so much money so easily with software while he toiled away on electric cars and space rockets,” the Journal reported. Zuckerberg has also resented Musk behind the scenes and “pined for the kind of innovator esteem that Musk received,” sources told the outlet.The latest spat between the Silicon Valley giants stemmed from Meta’s plans to build a text-based competitor to Twitter. Musk initially challenged Zuckerberg in response to a post that quoted at Meta executive as saying the company’s version of a Twitter-like app would be “sanely run.
After Zuckerberg accepted the challenge, Musk further stirred the pot by tweeting that his “location” was a “Vegas Octagon” – an apparent reference to UFC’s Apex Arena in Las Vegas. He also joked about his patented move “that I call “The Walrus”, where I just lie on top of my opponent & do nothing.”— Elon Musk While Zuckerberg’s obsession with jiujitsu has been well-documented, Musk is no slouch when it comes to combat sports.
Musk claimed to have trained in Kyokushin karate, taekwondo and judo during his childhood, as well as “Brazilian jiu-jitsu briefly.” He once posted a photo of himself battling a sumo wrestler.It’s unclear if Musk and Zuckerberg will actually follow through on the fight, but their social media spat has already prompted endless chatter among social media users on how would win.
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