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

Elon Musk mentioned in a social media put up that his proposed cage combat 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 combat might be live-streamed on X. All proceeds will go to charity for veterans,” Musk mentioned in a put up on X early on Sunday morning, with out giving any additional particulars.

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

When a consumer on X requested Musk the purpose of the combat, 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 put up.

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

A day later, Zuckerberg, 39, who has posted photos 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 mentioned he would begin coaching if the cage combat took form.

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