Twitter's Elon Musk Calls Out Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg For An MMA Fight, UFC Fans Laugh

Are the social media titans due for a clash?

Fernando Quiles Jr. | Jun 21, 2023

Twitter's Elon Musk Calls Out Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg For An MMA Fight, UFC Fans Laugh /

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg may be headed for a collision course.

Musk is known to have some fun on social media. The Twitter Chairman is never shy to post memes, polls, and entertain his detractors from time to time. This go-around, he's got people talking about a possible clash with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

Here's the challenge laid out by the SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO.

Elon Musk says he is down for a cage fight with Mark Zuckerberg pic.twitter.com/cVp9PPb1lP
— Dexerto (@Dexerto) June 21, 2023

"I'm up for a cage match if he is lol," Musk said.

The challenge drew some laughter from UFC and MMA fans online. Many Twitter users pointed out that Zuckerberg actually has experience in jiu-jitsu competition.

One of them is training martial arts,
and its not Elon.

The amount of arrogance to think skills wouldn't matter in a fight.
— Rambi (@Rambi831) June 21, 2023

Fights gonna be over in less then 1 round 😂
— NORTH ROS3 ❄️🥀 (@Its_Ros3) June 21, 2023

It'll be interesting to see if Zuckerberg responds. The Facebook founder reportedly started BJJ training during the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this year, Zuckerberg earned gold and silver medals for his performance in a BJJ tournament.

Behind the scenes, Zuckerberg is no stranger to doing some business dealings involving MMA. Last year, the announcement was made that Meta and the UFC were teaming up to deliver a VR experience for live events. Zuckerberg has also appeared at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

Back in October 2022, Zuckerberg attended UFC Vegas 61, and there was some controversy over it. Rumors swirled that the Facebook founder rented out the entire Apex, which UFC President Dana White has denied.

Mark Zuckerberg jiujitsu match last Saturday. He showed great heart 👏 pic.twitter.com/w9smXRVhTG
— Luca Atalla (@lucaatalla) May 8, 2023

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Published Jun 21, 2023

FERNANDO QUILES JR.

Fernando has over a decade of combat sports news writing experience. He currently covers MMA, boxing, and pro wrestling. Fernando joined MMA Knockout as the Lead Writer/Editor when it was founded in 2023.