Twitter chief executive Elon Musk and Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg are gearing up for a cage fight that has been seen as a way of settling their long-held differences.
The American billionaire entrepreneurs verbally agreed on social media to physical combat after Musk tweeted that he would be “up for a cage fight” with Zuckerberg. The Meta co-founder responded with a screenshot of Musk’s tweet captioned; “send me location.”
When Musk saw it, he responded with two words: “Vegas Octagon.”
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Vegas Octagon
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 22, 2023
The exchange and the possibility of a fight between the tech duo have thrown the internet into excitement. Musk tweeted that “I have this great move that I call ‘The Walrus,’ where I just lie on top of my opponent and do nothing.”
I have this great move that I call “The Walrus”, where I just lie on top of my opponent & do nothing
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 22, 2023
Trained in martial arts, Zuckerberg 39 recently won gold and silver medals at his very first Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament in Redwood City, California. On the other hand, Andrew Tate has offered to train Musk after the Twitter owner tweeted on Thursday: “Let’s go full MMA.”
Let’s go full MMA
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 22, 2023
“I will train you @elonmusk,” the former professional kickboxer tweeted on Thursday. You will not lose.
Tate added, “Meta banned me everywhere for telling the truth about vaccines,” Tate wrote. “But now we can restore honor with a strike at the enemy clans leader.”
Thus his offer to train Musk is borne from a grudge against the social media company, which banned him on Facebook and Instagram for violating policies around dangerous organizations and individuals and for infringing its guidelines on hate speech. Tate is regarded as a misogynist over his comments about women. He was also banned on Twitter but Musk reinstated his account following his takeover.
Musk’s latest spat with Zuckerberg is believed to have emanated from the news that the Meta’s CEO plans to create a social media platform like Twitter. Meta’s chief product officer Chris Cox told employees during an internal all-hands meeting last week that the company thinks creators want a version of Twitter that is “sanely run.”
Musk has been criticized for his idea of running Twitter, which has resulted in a mass exodus of advertisers who believe he has allowed lax content moderation on the platform since he took over late last year. Musk fired most of Twitter’s content moderators, including the company’s sales and brand safety teams.
There is a belief that Musk’s method of running Twitter is spooking users from the platform. “I’ve always thought that Twitter should have a billion people using it,” Zuckerberg said during a recent podcast interview with Lex Fridman.
However, the fight, which is unlikely going to happen, will be streamed live on Twitter and Instagram. Musk’s mother Maye, said she has cancelled the fight.
Actually, I canceled the fight. I haven’t told them yet. But I will continue to say the fight is canceled, just in case…? https://t.co/y9gg9qrnuQ
— Maye Musk (@mayemusk) June 22, 2023