Let’s chalk this as much as the “Wait! What?” file. UFC president Dana White just lately spoke with TMZ Sports activities, saying that Twitter proprietor Elon Musk and Fb CEO Mark Zuckerberg jabbering forwards and backwards on Twitter about combating one another is legit, and he need to market it.
This entire scenario got here out of left area. Musk and Zuckerberg made some off-handed feedback on Twitter, mainly agreeing to a cage battle. Most individuals, after all, took at as chattering billionaires being billionaires.
White, nonetheless, was fast to leap on a chance, reaching out to Musk and Zuckerberg to gauge their seriousness.
“I used to be speaking to each Elon and Mark final evening, each guys are completely useless critical about this,” White claimed.
“This is able to be the most important battle ever within the historical past of the world. Greater than something that has been accomplished,” he went on, including that he’s critical and desires to advertise the battle.
“If these guys are critical, I make fights that folks need to see. That’s what I do for a dwelling. In the event that they actually need to do it and so they’re critical, we are able to determine it out.”
How large would an Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg battle be?
White went on to debate the seriousness of his potential billionaire bruisers, likening the battle to Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor, which went on to be one of many largest pay-per-view occasions of all time. It shattered information, placing each athletes into nine-figure territory for his or her earnings.
“The most important battle of all time was Floyd Mayweather and Conor. I believe (Musk vs. Zuckerberg) triples that. I believe it triples what that did. There is no such thing as a restrict on what this factor may make as a result of… everyone would watch it. All people would need to see it.”
White thinks Musk vs. Zuckerberg would obliterate the numbers that Mayweather vs. McGregor did. And he’s in all probability proper. Certain, there are a lot of, many individuals that know who Mayweather and McGregor are, even exterior of sports activities. However Musk and Zuckerberg, individually, every are often the entrance web page of the New York Occasions, the duvet of Time journal, the lead story a number of instances per week on each information program.
There are in all probability much less folks on this planet who don’t know who they’re than people who do. And who wouldn’t need to see a few billionaires beat one another up?
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