{"id":180027,"date":"2023-08-13T19:03:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T19:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=180027"},"modified":"2023-08-13T19:03:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T19:03:06","slug":"mark-zuckerberg-whines-elon-isnt-serious-about-mma-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/mark-zuckerberg-whines-elon-isnt-serious-about-mma-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Zuckerberg whines &apos;Elon isn&apos;t serious&apos; about MMA fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>World&#8217;s nerdiest pre-match billionaire trash talk continues as Mark Zuckerberg whines &#8216;Elon isn&#8217;t serious&#8217; while Musk declares &#8216;Perhaps you are a modern day Bruce Lee and will somehow win&#8217;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more: Who is going to win in a cage fight between Musk and Zuckerberg?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has accused Elon Musk of wasting his time and never being \u2018serious\u2019 about competing in a much-hyped cage fight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The maverick Tesla boss, 52, has repeatedly mocked and discussed fighting Zuckerberg, 39, on his social media site, which was recently renamed from Twitter to X.<\/p>\n<p>He also claimed that it could take place soon in a high-profile venue in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>However, posting on his rival social media site Threads,\u00a0Zuckerberg poured cold water on the claims, writing: \u2018I think we can all agree Elon isn\u2019t serious and it\u2019s time to move on.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The Meta boss went on to accuse his fellow mogul of stalling for time after Musk apparently texted to ask for a \u2018practise\u2019 round and indicated he had a minor shoulder ailment.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/13\/18\/74270929-12402581-image-m-2_1691947747493.jpg\" height=\"632\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mark\u00a0Zuckerberg, pictured practising jiu jitsu,\u00a0accused Elon Musk of wasting his time and never being \u2018serious\u2019 about competing in a much-hyped cage fight<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/13\/18\/74271055-12402581-image-a-3_1691947830274.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla,\u00a0gestures as he attends the Viva Technology conference<\/p>\n<p>Zuckerberg explained: \u2018I offered a real date. [UFC president] Dana White offered to make this a legit competition for charity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE: Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg is ON! X billionaire claims Italian officials have AGREED to hold fight at &#8216;epic location&#8217; in Rome<\/h3>\n<p>&#8216;Elon won\u2019t confirm a date, then says he needs surgery, and now asks to do a practice round in my backyard instead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If Elon ever gets serious about a real date and official event, he knows how to reach me. Otherwise, time to move on. I\u2019m going to focus on competing with people who take the sport seriously.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Zuckerberg had again signalled his frustration hours earlier, writing: \u2018I love this sport [UFC] and I\u2019ve been ready to fight since the day Elon challenged me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If he ever agrees on an actual date, you\u2019ll hear it from me. Until then, please assume anything he says has not been agreed on.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>On Friday morning Musk\u00a0tweeted that his showdown with\u00a0Zuckerberg will occur at Rome&#8217;s Colosseum and it will be managed by their foundations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Las Vegas was originally pitched as the potential location for a fantasy fight between Facebook billionaire Zuckerberg and X [formerly Twitter] chief Musk, yet reports back in June claimed the Colosseum could be an option.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/13\/18\/74271057-12402581-image-a-4_1691947906518.jpg\" height=\"598\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Musk pictured practising ahead of a suspected cage fight\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/13\/18\/74270923-12402581-image-a-5_1691947929609.jpg\" height=\"793\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Zuckerberg pictured formerly competing in a BJJ tournament<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/13\/19\/74035453-12402581-Zuckerberg_has_been_training_with_UFC_stars_Israel_Adesanya_L_an-a-7_1691950365684.jpg\" height=\"631\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Zuckerberg has been training with UFC stars Israel Adesanya (L) and Alexander Volkanovski (R)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/13\/19\/72450155-12402581-image-a-6_1691950362390.jpg\" height=\"649\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>According to TMZ, Zuckerberg was approached by the Italian Minister of Culture over staging his showdown with Musk at Rome&#8217;s legendary battleground, with the latter also tweeting: &#8216;Some chance fight happens in Colosseum.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Rome&#8217;s Colosseum, one of the world&#8217;s seven wonders, is Italy&#8217;s most iconic landmark but it has not hosted massive audiences inside for hundreds of years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12402581\/Mark-Zuckerberg-whines-Elon-isnt-MMA-fight.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World&#8217;s nerdiest pre-match billionaire trash talk continues<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":180026,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mark Zuckerberg whines &amp;apos;Elon isn&amp;apos;t serious&amp;apos; 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