The backdrop of “ancient Rome” should serve for the duel between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. At least that’s what Musk writes in X.
On his news platform, recently renamed X, multi-billionaire Elon Musk (52) shared with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (39). Accordingly, the bizarre duel should apparently take place in Italy. “I’ve spoken to the Prime Minister of Italy and Minister of Culture Gennaro Sangiuliano. They agree on an epic setting,” Musk claims.
He also writes that the fight will not be held by the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship), but by his and Zuckerberg’s respective foundation. “A live stream will be offered on this platform as well as on Meta. Everything in the picture will be ancient Rome, so absolutely nothing modern,” is another abstruse promise from the billionaire. They also plan to donate all proceeds to veterans.
However, Sangiuliano now contradicts at least the Rome part of this statement: “We are thinking about how we can organize a great charity event […] can organize where we respect and preserve the locality. It will not take place in Rome”.
There is one big caveat
Almost in passing, Musk himself mentions another major catch. At the beginning of the week, as previously written, he underwent a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The result: “There is a problem with my right shoulder blade, which is rubbing against my ribs. Therefore, a small operation is necessary. The recovery will only take a few months.” Sounds like the battle of the tech titans won’t be able to start until this winter at the earliest – unless one of the two changes their mind by then.
Musk challenged Zuckerberg to a cage fight in June of this year. He is ready if Zuckerberg is too. He replied with a “Send Me Location” and accepted the challenge. The Facebook boss does indeed seem to have good cards: Zuckerberg has martial arts experience, he said he only took part in his first jiu-jitsu competition in May and won several medals.
Source: Stern
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