Billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have now not isolated their talks for a blended martial arts struggle. If truth be told, the pair are aiming to reserve the struggle at a historical location, consistent with Musk.
On Friday morning, Musk posted on X, previously Twitter, declaring that the goal is to reserve the struggle in “ancient Rome.”
“The fight will be managed by my and Zuck’s foundations (not UFC),” Musk wrote. “Livestream will be on this platform and Meta. Everything in camera frame will be ancient Rome, so nothing modern at all. I spoke to the PM of Italy and Minister of Culture. They have agreed on an epic location.”
Musk’s commentary that the UFC would now not be managing the struggle contradicts contemporary statements made through UFC president Dana White, who additionally discussed talking with officers in Rome.
“They do want to fight,” Whyte stated on Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson. “It’s real. … It’s funny because we were talking about the Colosseum for that fight and I actually did have a meeting with the Minister of Culture’s team in Italy to actually hold that fight in the Colosseum if it would happen. We’re talking.”
White additionally performed up each males as having authentic combating talents, noting 38-year-old Zuckerberg’s jiu jitsu coaching and that 52-year-old Musk “grew up doing judo.”
Musk additionally posted on Friday that each one proceeds would walk to veterans moment White’s podcast look confirmed that the UFC president believed the struggle would put together immense income and he would load the cardboard with weighty fights.
“It’s one of those fights that if we did do that, I would build a killer undercard with tons of great fights, and then you’d have the main event,” White stated. “Think about how big that fight is: two of the richest, most powerful guys in the f—ing world are going to fight on the biggest stage ever. Everybody would [pay for it]! Who the f— doesn’t want to see that fight? Who doesn’t want to see that fight? Everybody would watch it. That’s the kind of fight your f—ing grandmother would watch. Trump would have to fight Biden for a fight to be bigger than that. I think this thing does a billion dollars in revenue. A billion dollars.”
Not too long ago, Musk hinted that the prospective struggle — which doesn’t have a moment — could be not on time upcoming considerations over a doubtlessly injured neck and again.
Responding to a query in regards to the trauma within the replies to Friday’s submit, Musk stated his fused vertebrae had been wonderful however that he nonetheless required a minor surgical treatment.
“I spent 3 hours in an MRI machine on Monday,” Musk wrote. “Bottom line is that my C5/C6 fusion is solid, so not an issue. However, there is a problem with my right shoulder blade rubbing against my ribs, which requires minor surgery. Recovery will only take a few months.”