Musk-Zuckerberg cage fight ‘cancelled’; Tesla CEO’s mother gets final say [details]

Dubbed because the fight of the century, the anticipated showdown between Elon Musk and Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apparently been cancelled, the Tesla CEO’s mother Maye Musk mentioned on Friday.

Musk earlier tweeted that he can be “up for a cage match” with Zuckerberg, to which Meta founder posted a screenshot of Musk’s tweet with the caption “ship me location”.

Controversial on-line influencer Andrew Tate had provided to coach Musk, looking for revenge in opposition to Meta for banning him from their platforms.

In a collection of tweets, Maye Musk mentioned that it’s a “nice reduction” that “the fight has now been cancelled”.

“Actually, I cancelled the fight. I have not informed them but. But I’ll proceed to say the fight is cancelled, simply in case,” she additional posted.

Lex Fridman, the host of the well-known Lex Fridman Podcast, mentioned, “A jiu jitsu match between Zuck and Elon would positively be a enjoyable plot twist on this simulation. I’m all for it.”

Musk replied: “Let’s go full MMA (combined martial arts)”.

Maye Musk intervened, saying “do not encourage this match” and his tech billionaire son was seen with a “crying” emoji.

Her tweets got here as a shock to social media customers who have been anticipating not less than just a few bouts between the 2 tech billionaires.

It all began when Muskreplied to a tweet about information that Meta will launch a Twitter competitor.

“I’m certain Earth cannot wait to be completely underneath Zuck’s thumb with no different choices. At least it is going to be ‘sane’. Was fearful there for a second,” Musk mentioned.

To this, a consumer replied, “Better watch out @elonmusk I heard he does the jiu jitsu now.”

“I’m up for a cage match if he’s lol,” the Twitter-owner replied.

Earlier this month, Muskhad posted, “Zuck my *tongue emoji*.

In March, he mocked Meta for planning to launch a devoted Twitter-like social media software and referred to as it “copy cat”.

(With inputs from IANS)