Writer Walter Isaacson, who lately accomplished a e book chronicling the lifetime of Elon Musk, lately shared a moderately fascinating replace in regards to the extremely anticipated cage match between the Tesla and SpaceX CEO and Mark Zuckerberg. As per a supposed textual content message shared by Musk, the struggle — or at the very least a apply bout — may occur as early as Monday.
The alleged textual content alternate between the 2 CEOs was posted on Twitter, with Isaacson noting that he acquired a textual content message from Elon Musk at 4:44 a.m. CT. The message included a screenshot of an alleged dialog between the 2 CEOs. As might be seen within the messages, Musk requested Zuckerberg if he want to do a apply bout subsequent week.
Zuckerberg responded by stating that if Musk remains to be open to the thought of doing an actual MMA match, then he ought to practice and inform him when he’s prepared for the bout. Zuckerberg reportedly additionally famous that he doesn’t wish to hype one thing that won’t occur, so if Musk is just not going to do the struggle quickly, then they need to in all probability transfer on.
Musk responded by stating that he can be in Palo Alto on Monday, so he may spar with Zuckerberg within the Meta CEO’s Octagon. A message that was not totally seen within the screenshot included a follow-up message from Musk admitting that he has not been training a lot aside from a current and bout with famous podcaster and AI researcher Lex Fridman.
Whereas Zuckerberg’s response to Musk within the alleged textual content alternate appeared severe in nature, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO appeared to have taken the dialog in stride. Isaacson’s social media publish confirmed that the biographer responded to the screenshot of the 2 CEOs’ textual content alternate with a easy “wow.” Musk replied again with a laughing emoji.
Musk and Zuckerberg have issued their very own respective updates on the extremely anticipated struggle as of late. Musk famous on X that the struggle can be managed by his and Zuckerberg’s respective foundations, and it might be live-streamed on X and Meta.
“The struggle might be managed by my and Zuck’s foundations (not UFC). Livestream might be on this platform and Meta. Every little thing within the digicam body might be in historical Rome, so nothing fashionable in any respect. I spoke to the PM of Italy and the Minister of Tradition. They’ve agreed on an epic location. Every little thing executed pays respect to the previous and current of Italy,” Musk wrote.
Zuckerberg, for his half, famous in a publish on Threads that he has been able to struggle because the day he acquired the problem from the Tesla and SpaceX CEO. “I like this sport and I’ve been able to struggle because the day Elon challenged me. If he ever agrees on an precise date, you’ll hear it from me. Till then, please assume something he says has not been agreed on,” Zuckerberg famous.
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