Reporter | Anjing
When Zuckerberg, the world's richest man, Tesla CEO Musk and tenth on the rich list, and CEO of Facebook's parent company Meta, caused the whole network to watch the online "date", it also made the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) see a business opportunity that should not be missed.
UFC president Dana White called the duel between Musk and Zuckerberg "going to be the biggest martial arts fight in global history, more than any previous fight." Given the unprecedented ratings, White has already begun setting the game's viewing price.
But Musk's mother, Maye Musk, posted on Twitter one after another, announcing that she unilaterally canceled the match between the two. After that, it is unknown whether Musk and Zuckerberg will start the battle of the century.
On June 24, Meyer continued to put out the fire on Twitter, only fighting a war of words, each with three questions, who had the funniest answer and who won, and raised his hand in opposition.
On Friday, she tweeted two times in a row that she unilaterally canceled the Musk and Zuckerberg fight, "I haven't told them yet, but I'll continue to say the fight canceled, just in case." Musk himself replied with a crying expression under this tweet.
The two rich people have publicly confronted each other many times around topics such as the meta-universe and AI. Musk has been wary of the development of AI, believing that it will threaten human survival, while Zuckerberg is more optimistic.
Back in 2017, on Facebook live, Zuckerberg said he didn't understand the AI opposition that has been promoting doomsday theory and thought it was irresponsible. Musk immediately hit back on Twitter, saying he had discussed AI with Zuckerberg and that "his knowledge of this topic is very limited." ”
Since acquiring Twitter, Musk has also repeatedly attacked Meta's Instagram, WhatsApp and other apps. The confrontation between the two stems from a new plan by Meta.
U.S. media reported earlier this month that Meta was preparing to launch Twitter's competitor Threads, and is currently convincing celebrities such as famous host Oprah to become the first users. Like Twitter, Threads is a text-based social media, but users can automatically follow bloggers who already follow Instagram on the platform.
This week, Musk tweeted about the matter, complaining that the earth will have no choice in the future, and all of it will be under Zuckerberg's control. One netizen left a message joking about telling Musk to speak carefully because Zuckerberg learned Jiu-Jitsu.
Musk then replied: "I'm willing to have an octagon fight, as long as he wants to." "The Octagon is the official name of the UFC MMA.
Zuckerberg responded when replying to netizens' messages, directly asking Musk to choose a fighting location. Musk replied to "Las Vegas Octagon", Las Vegas is an important host city for UFC events.
But Musk also announced that he has a trick called "walrus", just need to lie on the opponent and do nothing. He also admitted that he basically does not exercise, and the main exercise is to pick up children and throw children in the air.
Musk's series of messages also led the outside world to speculate that his appointment with Zuckerberg was just a joke. Musk, who is taller and bloated, will turn 52 this month, while Zuckerberg is 39. Zuckerberg is studying mixed martial arts and also won gold and silver medals in two categories at the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition in California last month.
The odds released by betting platform Oddschecker show that Zuckerberg's odds of winning are as high as 83.3%, while Musk's is only 25%.
Given the huge revenue the tournament could bring, UFC President White is deeply looking forward to the two facing each other as planned.
White said in an interview with the media on Thursday that Zuckerberg contacted him first to ask Musk if he seriously wanted to fight. White then contacted Musk, who replied "I'm serious."
White believes that the game is likely to come true, because Musk's character is not easy to give in. White has already begun the preliminary planning of the competition and has set the fee standard. Regular UFC match televised viewing costs $80 a time, and White is prepared to set the two-gram battle at $100.
The UFC's last paid bout peaked in 2017 (Mayweather vs. McGregor), generating $600 million in revenue for the UFC. White predicts that the revenue from the battle between Musk and Zuckerberg will triple what it was in 2017. He promised that as long as the two were serious, the game would come true.