Anybody hoping to pick a fight with Meta leader Mark Zuckerberg may be thinking twice right now.
An avid combat sports fan, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been a mainstay at UFC events in the past, even renting out the Apex facility to catch the action close up and personal.
Training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu of note, Zuckerberg has even appeared backstage with the likes of Alexander Volkanovski recently, and trained alongside Brazilian star Alex Pereira recently.
However, amid links to a failed fight with Tesla boss Elon Musk in the past, UFC CEO, Dana White has warned fans and would-be opponents of Zuckerberg’s prowess.
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Dana White boasts over Mark Zuckerberg’s athletic ability
Linking up with the Meta leader as part of a business venture this year, White initially revealed that he has asked Zuckerberg for help in a bid to improve the UFC’s often-discussed ranking criteria.
And maintaining recently how he had hoped to book a fight between Zuckerberg and the above-mentioned Musk in a massive trip to Rome at the Colosseum, White boasted of the Facebook boss’s ability in combat.
“People talk s— about (Mark) Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg is a great athlete,” White said on the Him & Her Show. “He trains in MMA, he surfs, he does all this s—. You know, everybody — Zuckerberg will beat the s— out of you, okay?
“Everybody thinks he’s some computer nerd, Mark Zuckerberg will beat the living s— out of you,” White explained. “All these guys that talk stuff about him on the internet, yeah, he’ll kick your a–.”
“…The moral of the story is, all of you, you know, telephone tough guys and internet tough guys that talk s— about Mark Zuckerberg, Zuckerberg will beat the s— out of every one of you.”
Dana White reveals Elon Musk’s combat background
Failing in his bid to pit Zuckerberg against Musk in a long-anticipated matchup of the two moguls, White revealed it’s not just the Meta leader who has a background in combat.
When attempting to broker the clash, White revealed how he learned Musk actually trained in Judo during his youth.
“The thing is with Elon (Musk), too — during the promotion of that fight, was that he grew up doing Judo,” White said. “So he’s a Judo guy. That whole thing was fascinating.”