Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg seem to be moving forward in their proposed cage fight, and the Tesla CEO even suggested that they hold the fight at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy.
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podcast with computer scientist Lex Fridman, Zuckerberg, 39, declared that beginners have to be willing “to get beaten up a lot” if they want to master the grappling art — in which participants try to best each other using various joint locks and submission holds.“Part of learning is failing,” the social network mogul elaborated. “People who train jiu-jitsu — you need to not have pride.” He claims that part of the problem is that people are less willing to be embarrassed as they grow older.
“Maybe to some degree, your ability to keep doing interesting things is your willingness to be embarrassed again and go back to step one and start as a beginner, and get your ass kicked,” he said.This is perhaps especially important in BJJ, where — perhaps more than any other physical pursuit — it’s not uncommon to be dominated by a much smaller, weaker opponent who was superior technique. (See every video of a tiny female BJJ practitioner submitting larger, untrained guys.) This is perhaps due to the pastime’s more cerebral nature, which has earned the martial art comparisons to physical chess.Since starting BJJ during the coronavirus pandemic, Zuckerberg has seemingly progressed leaps and bounds.
He notably won gold and silver medals in the white belt division at a tournament in Redwood City, California in May. The New York native told Fridman that he rocked up the tourney in a hat, sunglasses,” and a face mask — and also registered with his first and middle names, Mark Elliot — to maintain anonymity ahead of competing.Zuckerberg’s showing earned him the praise of UFC commentator and podcaster Joe Rogan, who called the tech magnate a “f- -king savage” during an episode of his eponymous show last month.It’s safe to say Zuck, who also
.Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg seem to be moving forward in their proposed cage fight, and the Tesla CEO even suggested that they hold the fight at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy.
Could Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg face off at Italy’s most iconic landmark?
the Minister of Culture has reportedly reached out to Twitter and Tesla head Elon Musk and Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg to coordinate a fight at the historic Colosseum in Rome, Italy.The Post has reached out to the Italian Minister of Culture for confirmation.In response, Musk, 52, entertained the idea by tweeting, “Some chance fight happens in Colosseum.” Both tech moguls have been training with Lex Fridman, an Artificial Intelligence researcher who hosts the Lex Fridman Podcast, a podcast and YouTube series. He also practices Brazilian jiu-jitsu and holds a first-degree black belt.After Musk tweeted earlier this month that he would be “up for a cage fight” with Zuckerberg, the Meta CEO shot back by posting a screenshot of Musk’s tweet with the caption “send me location.”Zuckerberg’s team reportedly passed on the message to Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White, whose people contacted the Italian Minister.Italian government officials reportedly offered up the 2,000-year-old venue as a battleground for the historic cage fight.
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We’ve seen a lot of celebrity spats play out online. Trash talking, jabs, shade. They usually don’t actually get to the level of an actual physical fight! But then again, we suppose neither Elon Musk nor Mark Zuckerberg have anyone around them anymore to tell them this is a bad idea! LOLz!
Elon Musk somehow found himself a part of the story after it was reported that Starlink was used to communicate with the submersible. After Musk slammed the rumors, saying there was no connection, he found another reason to make headlines - challenging Mark Zuckerberg, who trains jiu-jitsu, to a cage match.It all started on June 20th when it began circulating on Twitter that Zuckerberg’s META has been working on an app that would be a competitor of the controversial site.
50 million people watching in the U.S. alone. “There’s no limit on what that thing can make,” White told TMZ, adding that the fight would cost a person $100 to watch.
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Elon Musk challenged Mark Zuckerberg to a cage match duel — and the Facebook founder seems to be up for the match.
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are stepping into the ring.
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have been scrapping it out in the social media ether for months and now they’re ready to do the business in a cage.
famously isn’t all that good at actually being funny. Which is why we think, but we can’t be sure, that he was joking when he claimed he would fight fellow billionaire Mark Zuckerberg in a cage match and then named the place he’d do it: “Vegas Octagon,” came the tweet on Wednesday night.
Mark Zuckerberg is ready to take on Elon Musk.
William Earl In totally normal news, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter owner Elon Musk might be duking it out in a high-profile fight. It all started with a Musk response on a Jun. 20 Twitter thread mocking Zuckerberg, which stated, “I’m up for a cage match if he is lol.” The crack was in response to a user saying Zuckerberg “does the ju jitsu [sic] now,” a reference to his recent medaling in a Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament.I’m up for a cage match if he is lol On Wednesday evening, Zuckerberg responded on his own platform, Instagram, by posting a Story which included a screenshot of the Tweet and responded with, “Send Me Location.”
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