On June 21, technology billionaire Elon Musk sent an `iron cage challenge` to Mark Zuckerberg.
The UFC head then called Elon Musk to confirm and Elon Musk confirmed he was completely serious about the challenge.
The expected competition between two of the world’s leading technology billionaires.
Accepting the challenge, Mark Zuckerberg borrowed the familiar saying of Khabib Nurmagomedov, one of the UFC’s most honored athletes, to respond on Instagram: `Send me the location.`
According to the New York Times, Mr. Dana White also revealed that he spoke privately with two technology billionaires every night to turn the challenge into reality.
As revealed by Chairman Dana White, Mr. Musk and Mr. Zuckerberg negotiated behind the scenes to prepare for the match with the support of personal advisors.
Although the UFC president will help the two billionaires organize the event, the fight will be outside of the UFC’s official jurisdiction agreements.
According to the UFC President, both technology leaders agreed to spend part of the proceeds from the match for charity work.
`This will be the biggest martial arts fight in the history of the world, more than anything ever made. It will break all records for money per view. People don’t have to be fans.
Although the competition location has not been announced, the New York Times predicts that Las Vegas (USA) could become the ideal arena but will require approval from the Nevada Sports Commission.
If the duel between Mr. Musk, 52 years old, and Mr. Zuckerberg, 39 years old, takes place, this will be a rare scene in the `universe` of the technology industry.
Commenting on the match, Mr. White said: `We have two people who have never competed professionally and they are in two completely different weight classes.
Meta’s side has not yet commented.
Mr. Zuckerberg and Mr. Musk have long been seen as competitors, sworn enemies and sworn enemies.
A year later, the two billionaires sparred over their differing views regarding the risks of artificial intelligence.
Now, the two CEOs are preparing for another battle as Meta is building a social media network alternative to Twitter.
