Musk says 'cage match' with Zuckerberg will stream on X

Elon Musk says his potential in-person combat with Mark Zuckerberg can be streamed on his social media web site X, previously often called Twitter.

The two tech billionaires seemingly agreed to a “cage match” face-off in late June. Zuckerberg is definitely skilled in combined martial arts, and the CEO of Facebook’s mother or father firm Meta posted about finishing his first jiu jitsu event earlier this yr.

“Zuck v Musk fight will be live-streamed on X,” Musk wrote in a submit on the platform. “All proceeds will go to charity for veterans.”

Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk have bantered a few cage match. (AP)

Musk stated earlier Sunday he was coaching for the combat by lifting weights.

“Don’t have time to work out, so I just bring them to work,” Musk wrote.

Whether or not Musk and Zuckerberg really make it to the ring in Las Vegas has but to be seen — particularly as Musk usually tweets about motion prematurely or with out following by. But even when their cage match settlement is all a joke, the banter has gained consideration.

It all began when Musk, who owns X, responded to a tweet about Meta making ready to launch a brand new Twitter rival known as Threads.

He took a dig concerning the world turning into “exclusively under Zuck’s thumb with no other options” — however then one Twitter consumer jokingly warned Musk of Zuckerberg’s jiu jitsu coaching.

“I’m up for a cage match if he is lol,” Musk wrote.

Representatives of X, Meta and Ultimate Fighting Championship, which owns the venue the place the combat may happen, did not instantly reply to emails in search of remark.

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Musk’s push to stream the video dwell on X comes as he goals to show the platform right into a “digital town square.” However, his much-publicised Twitter Spaces kickoff occasion in May with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis saying his run for the US presidency struggled with technical glitches and a close to half-hour delay.

Musk had stated the issues had been as a result of “straining” servers as a result of so many individuals had been attempting to hearken to the audio-only occasion.

But even at their highest, the variety of listeners listed topped out at round 420,000, removed from the thousands and thousands of viewers that televised presidential bulletins appeal to.

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