{"id":925,"date":"2023-08-15T10:42:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T10:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/?p=925"},"modified":"2023-08-15T10:42:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T10:42:16","slug":"zuckerberg-says-musk-not-serious-about-cage-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmediagh.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/15\/zuckerberg-says-musk-not-serious-about-cage-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Zuckerberg says Musk \u2018not serious\u2019 about cage fight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Elon Musk \u201cisn\u2019t serious\u201d about holding a cage fight and \u201cit\u2019s time to move on\u201d, Mark Zuckerberg has said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a post on his social media site Threads, the Meta boss said he had offered Mr Musk \u201ca real date\u201d but the rival entrepreneur had made excuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Musk had earlier on Sunday suggested on his own messaging site X, formerly known as Twitter, that he was willing to fight as early as Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The billionaires agreed to the bout in June, sparking huge media attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But despite egging each other on for months, the rivals have yet to secure a date, raising doubts the fight will ever go ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The war of words was complicated by the launch of Threads in July, with the rival messaging app to X attracting more than 100 million sign-ups in less than a week<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That number has fallen back, and X remains comfortably ahead with around 350 million users \u2013 but Mr Musk has threatened to sue Facebook for \u201cunlawful misappropriation of Twitter\u2019s trade secrets\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meta denies the claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, Mr Zuckerberg said he had proposed 26 August for the cage fight. Then in a twist on Friday, Italy\u2019s culture minister said that he had spoken to Mr Musk about hosting the showdown in the country as a charity event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Musk suggested it would have \u201can ancient Rome theme\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Sunday, however, the Meta boss posted on Threads: \u201cElon won\u2019t confirm a date, then says he needs surgery, and now asks to do a practice round in my backyard instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf Elon ever gets serious about a real date and official event, he knows how to reach me. Otherwise, time to move on. I\u2019m going to focus on competing with people who take the sport seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Responding on X, however, Mr Musk called the Meta boss a \u201cchicken\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier, Mr Musk had posted a text message exchange on the messaging platform purportedly between himself and Mr Zuckerberg.<\/p>\n\n\n

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In it he tells the Meta boss that he will be in Palo Alto, home to Meta\u2019s headquarters, on Monday and that the fight could be held in Mr Zuckerberg\u2019s Octagon, which is the eight-sided ring in which cage fights are held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Musk continued: \u201cI have not been practicing much, apart from a brief bout with Lex Fridman [the computer scientist and podcast host] today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile I think it is very unlikely, l given our size difference, perhaps you are a modern-day Bruce Lee and will somehow win.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elon Musk, 52, and Mark Zuckerberg, 39 are two of the world\u2019s most high-profile technology billionaires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bizarre idea to fight each other started in June, when Mr Musk tweeted that he was \u201cup for a cage fight\u201d with Mr Zuckerberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Meta boss, who already has mixed martial arts (MMA) training and has recently won jiu-jitsu tournaments, simply responded with \u201csend me location\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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