Ted Hennessey
Aug 13, 2023
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Mark Zuckerberg has said he is moving on from a rumoured cage fight with Elon Musk, claiming the Tesla boss âisnât seriousâ.
The rival billionaire tech bosses seemingly agreed to a brawl in June when Mr Musk tweeted that he was âup for a cage fightâ.
Mr Zuckerberg, who manages Facebook and Instagram, took a screenshot of Mr Muskâs tweet, replying âsend me locationâ.
However, on Sunday he said on social media platform Threads:âI think we can all agree Elon isnât serious and itâs time to move on.
âI offered a real date. Dana White (UFC boss) offered to make this a legit competition for charity.
âElon wonât confirm a date, then says he needs surgery, and now asks to do a practice round in my backyard instead.
âIf Elon ever gets serious about a real date and official event, he knows how to reach me. Otherwise, time to move on. Iâm going to focus on competing with people who take the sport seriously.â
He outlined streaming options and an ancient setting for the proposed event, claiming he had spoken to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
Tensions have been high between the two tech billionairesâ companies after the launch of Threads, a text-based conversation app, by Mr Zuckerbergâs Meta in July.
Twitter sent a cease-and-desist letter to Mr Zuckerberg after the launch, claiming Meta had made âunlawful misappropriation of Twitterâs trade secrets and other intellectual propertyâ.
Mr Zuckerberg is trained in mixed martial arts, posting about completing his first jiu jitsu tournament earlier this year.
Mr Musk said last week he was training for the fight by lifting weights.
He wrote on X: âDonât have time to work out, so I just bring them to work.â
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