{"id":13338,"date":"2023-06-23T12:39:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T12:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=13338"},"modified":"2023-06-23T12:39:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T12:39:31","slug":"elon-musk-and-mark-zuckerberg-respond-to-ufc-presidents-comments-on-potential-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/elon-musk-and-mark-zuckerberg-respond-to-ufc-presidents-comments-on-potential-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk and Zuckerberg Respond To UFC President\u2019s Comments On Potential Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/elon-musk-and-mark-zuckerberg.jpg\" alt=\"Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg\" width=\"300\" title=\"Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg Respond To UFC President\u2019s Comments On Potential Fight\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13339\" \/><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UFC President Dana White says Musk and Zuckerberg are interested in fighting in the Octagon<\/li>\n<li>White says this fight would be the biggest pay per view card in history <\/li>\n<li>Musk and Zuckerberg respond via social media to potential UFC fight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>UFC President Dana White<\/strong> surprised a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/sports-betting\/mixed-martial-arts\">MMA<\/a> fans when he spoke of putting together a potential fight between multi-billionaires <strong>Elon Musk<\/strong> and <strong>Mark Zuckerberg<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>White said this wasn\u2019t just wishful thinking as both billionaires were very serious about making this happen.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nuiZ2CNRYMY?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Musk vs. Zuckerberg \u2013 Biggest PPV Ever<\/h2>\n<p>For those not familiar with the sport of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), the first thing you need to know that it is not like the WWE which involves a script and play acting during the fight. MMA is a real very real combat sport that combines multiple disciplines such as <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/sports-betting\/boxing\">boxing<\/a>, kick-boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ), karate, sambo and more<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The UFC is the premier MMA organization in the world, where only the best of the best fighters in the world compete. White tends to avoid putting together celebrity fights but it appears he might make an exception for this one as he believes it will turn out to be the biggest pay per view card in history and claims he expects that it will triple what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/money-pouring-mayweather-vs-mcgregor-match\/\">McGregor vs. Mayweather<\/a> did!<\/p>\n<p>Zuckerberg has been training in BJJ for a few years now and has competed in BJJ tournaments while Musk has practiced MMA in the past along with BJJ. White said it was Zuckerberg who first reached out to see if Musk would be interested in fighting and when White contacted Musk, he was ready to step into the cage with Zuckerberg.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m up for a cage match if he is lol<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1671364992665264131?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is Zuck\u2019s story on insta right now.<\/p>\n<p>Simulation confirmed \u2705 <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude05\ud83d\ude05\ud83d\ude05 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vu0vrihFIV\">pic.twitter.com\/Vu0vrihFIV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Penny2x (@imPenny2x) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/imPenny2x\/status\/1671674941140500480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I have this great move that I call \u201cThe Walrus\u201d, where I just lie on top of my opponent &amp; do nothing<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1671705216918474752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>White has the reputation of making difficult fights happen, unlike in boxing where it is very difficult to make big fights. The UFC President said that if this fight takes place, it would help raise a huge amount of money for charity. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary UFC President Dana White says Musk and Zuckerberg are interested in fighting in the Octagon White says this fight would be the biggest pay per view card in history Musk and Zuckerberg respond via social media to potential UFC fight UFC President Dana White surprised a lot of MMA fans when he spoke of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","category-usa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Musk and Zuckerberg Respond To UFC 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