{"id":73157,"date":"2023-08-11T21:29:58","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T21:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/08\/11\/elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-fight-confirmed-proceeds-to-go-to-veterans\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:48:13","slug":"elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-fight-confirmed-proceeds-to-go-to-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/off-duty\/military-culture\/2023\/08\/11\/elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-fight-confirmed-proceeds-to-go-to-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk-Mark Zuckerberg fight confirmed, proceeds to go to veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter (X) owner Elon Musk have formally agreed to a mixed martial arts fight in the ancient city of Rome, with all proceeds going to veterans charities, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1689963696703848449\" target=\"_blank\">Musk tweeted Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The yet-to-be scheduled billionaire beatdown, which will be streamed on both Twitter and Meta, has been approved by Italy\u2019s minister of culture to take place in an \u201cepic location\u201d that will \u201cpay respect to the past and present of Italy,\u201d Musk wrote. Musk did not specify exactly what charities will benefit from the Thrilla of Vanilla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rumblings of a techie tussle between the two social media magnates first began circulating in June along with the development of Zuckerberg\u2019s Twitter competitor app, Threads, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/06\/29\/elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-mma-fight-colosseum-rome-italian-government-dana-white-ufc\/\" target=\"_blank\">TMZ Sports reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m up for a cage match if he is lol,\u201d Musk tweeted in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSend me the location,\u201d the 39-year-old Facebook founder responded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Musk, 52, noted there would be a \u201cchance [the] fight happens in [the] Colosseum,\u201d hallowed grounds that once played host to songs of steel and fury authored by decidedly non-techie gladiators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the Silicon Valley Skirmish has continued to gain steam, multiple UFC icons have volunteered their services to train the tech bosses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the training corner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stylebender\/status\/1678848822041255937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1678848822041255937%7Ctwgr%5E3252ec8750d8f495895e69da506d1ae619e53b9a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbleacherreport.com%2Farticles%2F10085809-elon-musk-vs-mark-zuckerberg-fight-confirmed-money-will-be-donated-to-veterans\" target=\"_blank\">shockingly shredded<\/a>, 5\u20327, 155-pound Mark \u201cBetter off Threads\u201d Zuckerberg are UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Training the 6\u20322, 187-pound Elon \u201cThe Bird Killer\u201d Musk, meanwhile, is none other than UFC legend Georges St-Pierre, who offered to train Musk in June, which <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1673545240433573888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1673545240433573888%7Ctwgr%5E1e2e22e917f5de168648089dc3e70f3044672acd%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbleacherreport.com%2Farticles%2F10081214-elon-musk-some-chance-mark-zuckerberg-fight-happens-at-colosseum-in-rome\" target=\"_blank\">Musk accepted<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Massive size difference aside, the fight would inevitably have the chance to be one of the most-viewed bouts in the history of combat sports. 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