Mark Zuckerberg Accepts Elon Musk’s Challenge to Cage Match: ‘Send Me Location’

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg accepted Twitter owner and fellow billionaire Elon Musk’s challenge to a cage match on Wednesday — and a spokesperson confirmed he’s serious.

After it was alleged that Zuckerberg’s Meta was planning a rival service to Musk’s Twitter, Musk wrote, “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.”

Upon hearing that Zuckerberg was a practitioner of Jiu-Jitsu, Musk then declared, “I’m up for a cage match if he is lol.”

Zuckerberg shot back at Musk on Wednesday, agreeing to a catch match with the comment, “Send me location.”

The Verge deputy editor Alex Heath confirmed in an article “that Zuckerberg’s post on his Instagram account is, in fact, not a joke, which means the ball is now in Musk’s court,” and cited a Meta spokesperson who said, “The story speaks for itself.”

Musk, in turn, responded, “If this is for real, I will do it.”

It is not yet certain when a match between the two tech rivals will take place, or if it will take place at all. However, Musk is likely to need a lot of training before he steps into the ring with Zuckerberg, who won gold and silver medals in his first Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament last month.

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