Elon Musk Plans to Livestream Cage Combat With Mark Zuckerberg on X

Elon Musk stated in a social media publish that his proposed cage struggle with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg could be live-streamed on social media platform X, previously often known as Twitter.

The social media moguls have been egging one another right into a blended martial arts cage match in Las Vegas since June.

“Zuck v Musk struggle might be live-streamed on X. All proceeds will go to charity for veterans,” Musk stated in a publish on X early on Sunday morning, with out giving any additional particulars.

Earlier on Sunday, Musk had stated on X that he was “lifting weights all through the day, getting ready for the struggle”, including that he didn’t have time to work out so brings the weights to work.

When a person on X requested Musk the purpose of the struggle, Musk responded by saying “It is a civilized type of struggle. Males love struggle”.

Meta didn’t reply to a Reuters request for touch upon Musk’s publish.

The brouhaha started when Musk stated in a June 20 publish that he was “up for a cage match” with Zuckerberg, who’s skilled in jiujitsu.

A day later, Zuckerberg, 39, who has posted footage of matches he has gained on his firm’s Instagram platform, requested Musk, 51, to “ship location” for the proposed throwdown, to which Musk replied “Vegas Octagon”, referring to an occasions centre the place blended martial arts (MMA) championship bouts are held.

Musk then stated he would begin coaching if the cage struggle took form.

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