Elon Musk is promising another big change to X (the social media platform formerly known as Twitter).
11.08.2023 - 15:55 / deadline.com
The bizarre cage match challenge between tech tycoons Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg just got a little stranger.
In the last 24 hours, UFC President Dana White and Musk have both confirmed separately that they have talked with the Italian Ministry of Culture to hold the match in Italy.
The upcoming fight dates back to surprise exchange between the X (formerly Twitter) owner Musk and Meta founder Zuckerberg back in June.
Talking on the latest episode of boxing legend Mike Tyson’s podcast Hotboxin’, White reconfirmed that he had met with officials at the Ministry of Culture to discuss holding the fight in Rome’s Colosseum.
“We were talking about the Colosseum, and I actually did have a meeting with the Ministry of Culture’s team in Italy to actually hold that fight in the Colosseum, if it would happen,” he said on the subject of the Musk-Zuckerberg fight.
Tyson jokingly asked whether steroids would be allowed.
“No steroids, no steroids allowed… Zuckerberg takes this sh*t very seriously. He’s a huge UFC fan. He trains. He’s an MMA fan, I should say,” replied White.
“Elon grew up doing judo, he’s a legit judo guy,” he added.
White said it would be one of the most high-profile fights in history.
“Think about how big that fight is. Two of the richest, most powerful guys in the f*cking world are going to fight on the biggest stage… who doesn’t want to see that fight? That is the kind of fight, your grandmother would watch that fight.”
A few hours later, Musk challenged White’s revelations in a post on his social media platform X (formerly Twitter).
He said the fight was being managed by his and Zuckerberg’s foundations, and not the UFC.
He also said he had held talks with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Italy’s
Elon Musk is promising another big change to X (the social media platform formerly known as Twitter).
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Despite Mark Zuckerberg calling off the cage match against Elon Musk, the X Corp. owner is insisting on making the fight happen and will livestream the “adventure.”
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Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Italian officials are open to the the country hosting a charity cage match between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg — seemingly moving closer to reality the is-it-a-joke-or-isn’t-it fight that would pit the tech world’s billionaire tech barons against each other. However, contrary to Musk’s latest claim that the cage match will be set in “ancient Rome,” Italy’s minister of culture, Gennaro Sangiuliano, said such an event will not be held in Rome. “I had a long and friendly conversation with Elon Musk,” Sangiuliano said in a statement Friday (per Google’s translation).
Grimes has revealed that she came up with the idea for a dick-measuring challenge that Elon Musk proposed with Mark Zuckerburg.Last month, Musk challenged Zuckerberg, who has trained in jiu-jitsu, to a wrestling cage fight. “I’m up for a cage match if he is,” said Musk on Twitter, with Zuckerberg responding via Instagram Stories to say: “Send me location.” Musk then responded by tweeting a proposed location for the fight: “Vegas Octagon.”Responding on Twitter to a screenshot of a conversation on Threads between Zuckerberg and the Wendy’s account, Musk said: “Zuck is a cuck”.
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Grimes has some thoughts on who would win in a cage fight battle between her on-off partner, Elon Musk, and Facebook creator and Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg. The 35-year-old singer, whose real name is Claire Elise Boucher, speaks to about the proposed match between the two tech moguls. Noting that she «thinks» the match will actually happen, Grimes says of her ex, «Elon is very strong, but Zuck seems like he’s been training a ton.»While she's under the impression that a match will happen, Grimes says she'd «prefer that it didn't.»«I love gladiatorial matches, but watching the father of your children in a physical fight is not the most pleasant feeling,» she admits.
Grimes is speaking out about the father of her children, the richest man in the world, Elon Musk.
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Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg will have to be postponed. The Tesla founder shared an update about recent health issues, revealing that he will be getting an MRI on his “neck & upper back tomorrow,” which means he might need to undergo surgery and will not be able to go against the Meta CEO.The update comes after Mark explained that he was “ready” to fight Elon, but didn’t expect it to be soon, as there had yet to be a confirmed date.
Elon Musk.Last month, Musk challenged Zuckerberg, who has trained in jiu-jitsu, to a wrestling cage fight. “I’m up for a cage match if he is,” said Musk on Twitter, with Zuckerberg responding via Instagram Stories to say: “Send me location.” Musk then responded by tweeting a proposed location for the fight: “Vegas Octagon.”This week, Musk said that the fight will be live streamed on Twitter (now known as X), but Zuckerburg has now said that he’s not sure whether it will go ahead.However, he then immediately said that he has back problems and “may need surgery before the fight can happen”.Taking to his new social media site Threads, Zuckerburg wrote: “I’m ready today.