Now coming into the UFC Octagon … Mark Zuckerberg?!? Do not chuckle — the Meta billionaire simply revealed he nonetheless absolutely intends on taking knowledgeable MMA battle!!
Zuck doubled down on the plan throughout his sit-down on Joe Rogan‘s podcast this week … and brutal ACL harm be damned, he hasn’t given up on displaying the world he can kick severe ass.
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The Fb founder — who’s often a jiu-jitsu man — defined he is warmed as much as the thought of branching out to completely different fight types in MMA … particularly with all of the pressure on joints that comes with grappling.
Basically, Zuck needs to place his punchable face to good use (his phrases, not ours).
As we beforehand reported, 40-year-old Zuck tore his ACL whereas coaching for a battle again in 2023 … requiring surgical procedure to restore his knee.
Previous to that, he spent months negotiating a super-fight with Elon Musk — with buddy and UFC honcho Dana White on the heart of the talks — however the occasion by no means got here to fruition.
We have coated it extensively — Zuck shouldn’t be your regular nerd, as he is positioned properly in a number of tournaments … and has skilled with among the finest fighters on the earth like Israel Adesanya and Alexander Volkanovski.
Zuck stated it will most likely be too onerous to make a battle occur in 2025, as his day job’s received him a bit tied up in the intervening time … and it might be onerous to get in the appropriate head area to organize for an opponent.
However when he needs to make it a actuality … all he has to do is hit up Dana — we’re certain he’ll make room for him on a UFC card.