Latest headlines have been made by two of the most important CEOs on the earth, as Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta (Fb and extra) and Elon Musk, CEO of Twitter, Tesla, and extra, exchanged phrases and seemingly agreed to battle one another in a cage battle. The callout has led to loads of dialog of the 2, which included current feedback from UFC President Dana White.
In his expertise, Mark Zuckerberg has beforehand received each gold and silver medals throughout a BJJ event the place he was representing the Guerilla Jiu-Jitsu workforce, and coach Dave Camarillo.
It’s unknown if Musk has competed in tournaments like Zuckerberg and has any accolades to his credit score, however he’s actually prepared for a battle, and they don’t seem to be the one ones. UFC President Dana White took the rivalry to a different degree this weekend in the course of the UFC Jacksonville broadcast this previous weekend. Posting a video on his social media pages, White was seen carrying a ‘Zuckerberg vs Musk’ t-shirt which additionally featured a UFC brand on the sleeve.
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The video alone was sufficient to fire up extra dialog a couple of showdown between the 2 high-profiled billionaires, even bringing White again into the dialog when somebody mentioned that the battle was nothing greater than a gimmick. Responding to the touch upon Instagram, White had a number of issues to say concerning the gimmick label.
“This isn’t a gimmick battle. Gimmick is MMA guys going to boxing and getting beat. Now we have seen it already and know the way it ends. This can be a battle between two of essentially the most highly effective/richest guys on the earth. Who will win? Who has seen this earlier than? No one. It’s additionally a crossover battle that actually everybody will watch.” (H/T MMA Junkie)
It’s attention-grabbing to see the terminology utilized by Dana White, saying kind of {that a} gimmick battle is when everybody already is aware of the anticipated consequence, like MMA fighters in a boxing match. Nonetheless, a battle between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk? It’s a crossover battle that can convey most of the people and battle followers collectively to observe the spectacle.
There’s loads of dialog and promotion being achieved for a battle that’s nowhere close to the ultimate levels of being accomplished simply but, but when Dana White and the UFC get behind it, a showdown between Zuckerberg and Musk could possibly be nearer to actuality than many wish to imagine.
Mike Pendleton is a present contributor to MyMMANews whereas additionally internet hosting his “On The Mic” podcast and is a former Affiliate Producer at Sirius XM’s Struggle Nation.
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