- By Ashita Singh
- Sun, 06 Aug 2023 03:45 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Tesla Owner Elon Musk has confirmed his cage fight against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The much-anticipated cage fight -- dubbed as the fight of the century between two Billionaires would be live-streamed on his social media platform “X”(formerly Twitter). Musk also shared that the revenue generated would go to charity for veterans.
"Zuck v Musk fight will be live-streamed on X. All proceeds will go to charity for veterans," the tech billionaire posted on X on Sunday. In another post, Musk said he is preparing for the fight and lifting weights at work because he doesn't have time to work out.
Zuck v Musk fight will be live-streamed on 𝕏.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 6, 2023
All proceeds will go to charity for veterans.
"Am lifting weights throughout the day, preparing for the fight. Don't have time to work out, so I just bring them to work," he wrote.
The social media moguls have been legging each other into a mixed martial arts cage match in Las Vegas since June. Last month, Zuckerberg said that he is "not sure" whether the anticipated cage fight with Musk will take place.
At an internal meeting at Meta, an employee asked Zuckerberg when the anticipated cage match will happen, reports Gizmodo. To this, Zuckerberg responded: "I don't know. I don't have any kind of official update on this. I mean, as you all know, I love fighting. It's maybe a second place pastime for me beyond building things, where building things is my number one love, fighting might be number two."
The fight shenanigans began when Musk said in a June 20 post that he was "up for a cage match" with Zuckerberg, who is trained in jiujitsu. The talk of the fight initially started when Musk in June replied to a tweet about the news that Meta was releasing a Twitter competitor.
"I'm sure Earth can't wait to be exclusively under Zuck's thumb with no other options. At least it will be 'sane'. Was worried there for a moment." To this, a user replied, "Better be careful @elonmusk I heard he does the jiu-jitsu now".
"I'm up for a cage match if he is lol," Musk replied.
A day later, Zuckerberg, 39, who has posted pictures of matches he has won on his company's Instagram platform, asked Musk, 51, to "send location" for the proposed throwdown, to which Musk replied "Vegas Octagon", referring to an events centre where mixed martial arts (MMA) championship bouts are held.