Elon Musk says his potential in-person combat with Mark Zuckerberg could be streamed on his social media website X, previously often called Twitter.
The 2 tech billionaires seemingly agreed to a cage match face-off in late June. Zuckerberg is definitely skilled in blended martial arts, and the Fb founder posted about finishing his first jiu jitsu event earlier this yr.
Zuck v Musk combat will likely be live-streamed on X, Musk wrote in a put up Sunday on the platform. All proceeds will go to charity for veterans.
Musk mentioned on Sunday that he was coaching for the combat by lifting weights.
Do not have time to work out, so I simply convey them to work, Musk wrote on X.
Whether or not or not Musk and Zuckerberg truly make it to the ring has but to be seen – particularly as Musk typically tweets about motion prematurely or with out following by means of. However even when their cage match settlement is all a joke, the banter has gained consideration.
It began when Musk, who owns X, responded to a tweet about Meta getting ready to launch a brand new Twitter rival referred to as Threads. He took a dig concerning the world turning into completely beneath Zuck’s thumb with no different choices, however then one Twitter consumer jokingly warned Musk of Zuckerberg’s jiu jitsu coaching.
I am up for a cage match if he’s lol, Musk wrote late Tuesday.
Musk’s push to stream the video reside on X comes as he is pushing to show the platform right into a digital city sq.. Nonetheless, his much-publicised Twitter Areas kickoff occasion in Could with Florida Gov Ron DeSantis asserting his run for president struggled with technical glitches and a close to half-hour delay.
Musk had mentioned the issues have been attributable to straining servers as a result of so many individuals have been attempting to hearken to the audio-only occasion. However even at their highest, the variety of listeners listed topped out at round 420,000, removed from the thousands and thousands of viewers that televised presidential bulletins entice.