Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg ‘dead serious’ about fight, says UFC’s Dana White

A crazy summer for combat sports is about to step it up another notch as social media moguls Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are "dead serious" about fighting one another.

The two tech billionaires have exchanged taunts in recent days and weeks, with Twitter owner Musk suggesting he'd be "up for a cage match" against his Meta counterpart. Facebook founder Zuckerberg responded with a post reading "send location," a reference to UFC legend Khabib Nurmagomedov's famous quote, essentially translating to 'anytime, anywhere'.

And Dana White has now boosted the chances of what could be one of the biggest fights in history going ahead. The UFC president appears to acting as matchmaker for the potential mixed martial arts matchup, and the moguls aren't messing around.

"I was talking to both Elon and Mark last night, both guys are absolutely dead serious about this," White told TMZ Sports. "They both said, 'Yeah, we'll do it!' They both want to do it. Mark Zuckerberg hit me up first and said, ‘Is [Elon] serious?’ And I said, ‘I don’t know, let me ask him.’ I asked him, and [Musk] said, ‘Yeah, I’m dead serious.'”

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Zuckerberg has been practising Brazilian jiu-jitsu since 2020, and it's been reported the 39-year-old has even won a couple of grappling medals. The Harvard drop-out has become more confident in posting video updates of his training in recent times and has even rolled with ONE FC champion Mikey Musumeci.

White, 53, is also serious about hosting the a duel between the digital duo, who boast a combined net worth of around £264billion. If there is a way to make the fight happen, he added he will "absolutely, positively" host the event.

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"This would be the biggest fight ever in the history of the world, bigger than anything that’s ever been done," proclaimed president White. "It would break all pay-per-view records.

"These guys would raise hundreds of millions of dollars for charity. You don't have to be a fight fan to be interested in this fight! Everyone would want to see it."

Zuckerberg has raised his interests in the UFC, and he even reportedly bought out every ticket for one event at the UFC Apex so he and his wife could watch the fights in peace. Liverpudlian Paddy Pimblett once famously called out the Meta CEO in a post-fight speech in a bid to end his Instagram account suspension.

The boxing world is looking forward to a welterweight world title fight between Errol Spence and Terence Crawford, while UFC legend Nate Diaz is set to face Jake Paul in August. There also remains a hope fans will see Tyson Fury face Anthony Joshua before the end of the year, though that fight is yet to materialise.

That being said, Zuckerberg vs. Musk has the potential to blow all of those dates out of the water, with White sparing no expense in hyping up the head-to-head.

"The biggest fight of all time was Floyd [Mayweather] and Conor [McGregor], I just think it triples that," White continued. "It triples what that did, there's no limit on what that thing can make."

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