Elon Musk made another appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast this past week as the pair discussed several topics in-depth. One of those topics was Musk’s fight against Mark Zuckerberg which was highly anticipated by fans. Everyone was eager to watch the two ultimate entrepreneurs get into a UFC Octagon. However, according to Musk, Zuckerberg backed out.
A few months ago, reports started emerging about a fight between Musk and Zuckerberg. It came out of nowhere and fans were all in for it. Both the Meta CEO and Tesla CEO looked all in for it too.
Mark Zuckerberg training with Israel Adesanya and Alexander Volkanovski
Who y’all got: Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg ? pic.twitter.com/zaekwAn2rw
— Nina-Marie Daniele (@ninamdrama) July 11, 2023
Zuckerberg was spotted training with UFC fighters Israel Adesanya and Alexander Volkanovski. On the other hand, Musk also trained with one of the greatest MMA fighters Georges St-Pierre.
However, Musk’s mother was not exactly hoping for the fight to involve any contact. “No joking,” Maye Musk wrote on X. “Fight with words only. In armchairs. 4 feet apart. The funniest person wins.”
No joking. Fight with words only. In armchairs. 4 feet apart. The funniest person wins.🤗😂 https://t.co/MpgFZmspP2
— Maye Musk (@mayemusk) June 22, 2023
On episode #2054 of JRE, Musk opened up about how Zuckerberg canceled the fight. “He’s chickened out,” said Musk. The Tesla CEO even went on to taunt Zuckerberg in the hope that he would see the episode and get triggered. He said, “Puck, puck, puck, zuck, zuck, zuck… Let’s go full schoolyard taunting.”
Musk even claimed that Zuckerberg accused him of not being serious about it. However, Musk, at least during the episode, was all in. He said he would take up the fight anywhere and anytime. Musk also confirmed the fact that they could have fought in Rome’s Colosseum. It would have been the ultimate venue but it was not to be.
Elon Musk thinks it is unfair for him to fight Mark Zuckerberg due to his weight advantage
While discussing the topic of his fight with Zuckerberg, Musk explained that he thinks it is unfair for him to fight the Meta CEO because of their weight difference.
Musk said to Rogan, “I’m way bigger than him. This is unfair. I don’t think he should fight… I’m like 50% bigger than him.”
Musk went on to explain why there are weight categories in combat sports and how far a bigger size goes in a fight. Rogan, however, spoke on the contrary. He told Musk about how in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu there are absolute categories where people of different weight categories fight. The UFC color commentator explained that it is not uncommon for a fighter from a lower weight category to triumph.