Mark Zuckerberg Offers Date For Fight With Elon Musk, But 'Not Holding Breath'

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As OutKick's Amber Harding reported Sunday morning, Elon Musk claims the fight with Mark Zuckerberg is on.

Musk went on X (formerly Twitter) to say that the fight would stream on his his platform. And pair plan to donate the proceeds to a charity for veterans.

As Harding recapped: "Back in June, Musk challenged his Facebook adversary to a cage match. A billionaire battle royale! And, surprisingly, Zuckerberg accepted.

"'Send me location,' Zuck replied.

"Musk hit back with, 'Vegas Octagon' and added, 'I have this great move that I call ‘The Walrus,’ where I just lie on top of my opponent & do nothing.'

"Although rumors spread the two might duke it out at the Coliseum in Rome, Vegas is looking like the more realistic locale."

This combination of file photographs shows SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk during his visit at the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg testifying before the House Financial Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC. Tech titans Zuckerberg and Musk are in a fierce business rivalry that has spilt over into a playground spat, with the two men offering to fight each other in a cage.

This combination of file photographs shows SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk during his visit at the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg testifying before the House Financial Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC. Tech titans Zuckerberg and Musk are in a fierce business rivalry that has spilt over into a playground spat, with the two men offering to fight each other in a cage. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN,ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)

Of course, after Musk's X/Twitter post, people assumed the fight was indeed headed towards happening.

However, in perfect tech billionaire fashion, Zuckerberg took to his own platform. On Threads --Meta/Facebook's response to Twitter -- Zuck wrote that he offered Musk a fight date. However, Musk didn't confirm and Zuckerberg isn't "holding breath."

Zuckerberg replied to his initial post and said, "I love this sport and will continue competing with people who train no matter what happens here."

People want to see these two billionaires actually go toe-to-toe. Furthermore, Zuckerberg has trained in Jiu-Jitsu for years.

Musk appears to have some skills, but it's unclear how much training he has.

Either way, as someone who has done some fight training in the past, anyone who steps in the ring deserves credit just for showing up.

So, if Musk and Zuckerberg actually show up and fight, they get my respect.

Which I'm sure they're clamoring for.

Will it happen? Zuckerberg isn't holding his breath.

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Dan began his sports media career at ESPN, where he survived for nearly a decade. Once the Stockholm Syndrome cleared, he made his way to Outkick. He is secure enough in his masculinity to admit he is a cat-enthusiast with three cats, one of which is named “Brady” because his wife wishes she were married to Tom instead of him.