Mark Zuckerberg ‘out of city’ after Elon Musk claimed to have arrived at his Palo Alto home for practice bout… and has no interest fighting someone who ‘randomly shows up at his home’
- Musk contacted Zuckerberg on his X platform to inform him he was exterior his door
- But the Meta proprietor is at present travelling and wouldn’t entertain a warm-up
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Mark Zuckerberg is at present travelling and has no interest in fighting someone who ‘randomly shows up at his home’, a spokesperson has stated after Elon Musk claimed to have arrived at his Palo Alto property on Monday.
Musk contacted Zuckerberg via his X social-media platform, previously referred to as Twitter, to inform his tech rival he was exterior his California home and prepared for a practice MMA bout.
‘Knock, knock,’ he wrote, ‘problem accepted … open the door’.
The billionaire duo have been flirting with the likelihood of a super-fight that UFC president Dana White believes would generate over $1billion in income for the perfect half of two months, but Zuckerberg lately forged doubt over it materializing.
And regardless of being advised to overlook a few warm-up struggle in a non-public trade leaked by Musk to his biographer Walter Isaacson, the Tesla chief seemingly ignored that recommendation and rocked up at his home in Palo Alto.
Mark Zuckerberg (left) just isn’t at his Palo Alto home proper now after Elon Musk (proper) claimed to have turned up for a practice bout on Monday
Musk despatched Zuckerberg a message on his X platform telling him to ‘open the door’ on Monday
It remains to be unclear whether or not the Tesla boss truly arrived at his California home (pictured) or not
But a spokesperson for Zuckerberg says he’s out of city proper now and is as an alternative travelling
However, Zuckerberg is claimed to not even be at the property proper now and is as an alternative ‘travelling’ – though he would not entertain a practice bout with Musk even when he was.
‘Mark is touring proper now and isn’t in Palo Alto. Also, Mark takes this sport severely and isn’t going to struggle someone who randomly shows up at his home,’ a spokesperson for Zuckerberg advised The Verge.
Musk leaked his personal messages with Zuckerberg over the weekend after sending a screenshot of their newest trade to Isaacson, by which he urged the Facebook founder to settle for a warm-up struggle earlier than their proposed $1b showdown.
Zuckerberg, nonetheless, advised him to get critical over a aggressive contest or ‘transfer on’ from the saga amid fears they’re ‘hyping one thing that can by no means occur’.
‘If you continue to need to do an actual MMA struggle, then it’s best to prepare by yourself and let me know whenever you’re prepared to compete,’ he wrote.
‘I do not need to maintain hyping one thing that can by no means occur, so it’s best to both resolve you are going to do that and do it quickly, or we must always transfer on.’
According to Business Insider, Musk’s full reply was: ‘I have not been working towards a lot, other than a short bout with Lex Fridman in the present day.
‘While I feel it is vitally unlikely, given our measurement distinction, maybe you’re a modern-day Bruce Lee and will one way or the other win.’
Musk despatched a current trade with Zuckerberg to biographer Walter Isaacson, by which the Facebook founder advised him he would not need to ‘maintain hyping one thing that can by no means occur’
Musk is eager to lock horns with him in a non-competitive warm-up struggle earlier than the actual factor
Zuckerberg has expressed doubts over a aggressive battle with Musk, which might seemingly be staged at the Colosseum in Rome, going down anytime quickly.
He additionally advised Musk to contact him if he ever ‘will get critical about an actual date and official occasion’ for a cage struggle underneath MMA guidelines in a publish on his new social-media platform Threads.
‘I provided an actual date. [UFC president] Dana White provided to make this a legit competitors for charity,’ Zuckerberg stated.
‘Elon gained’t verify a date, then says he wants surgical procedure, and now asks to do a practice spherical in my yard as an alternative.
‘If Elon ever will get critical about an actual date and official occasion, he is aware of how to attain me. Otherwise, time to transfer on. I’m going to concentrate on competing with individuals who take the game severely.’