{"id":1954187,"date":"2023-06-22T13:49:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T17:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-vs-zuckerberg-tech-titans-prepare-for-cage-match-after-musk-challenge\/"},"modified":"2023-06-22T13:50:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T17:50:07","slug":"musk-vs-zuckerberg-tech-titans-prepare-for-cage-match-after-musk-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-vs-zuckerberg-tech-titans-prepare-for-cage-match-after-musk-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk and Zuckerberg gear up for epic showdown after challenge."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmusk-vs-zuckerberg-tech-titans-prepare-for-cage-match-after-musk-challenge%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1954187&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two of the world\u2019s richest and most influential men could be squaring off soon after Twitter CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a> challenged Meta CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/mark-zuckerberg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Zuckerberg<\/a> to a \u201ccage match,\u201d which the Facebook creator appeared to accept. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Musk laid down the challenge when commenting on Twitter about the prospect of a Zuckerberg-backed Twitter rival. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m sure Earth can\u2019t wait to be exclusively under Zuck\u2019s thumb with no other options,\u201d Musk said in response to reports of a potential Twitter rival being developed by Zuckerburg. \u201cAt least it will be \u2018sane.\u2019 Was worried there for a moment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In response, one Twitter user warned Musk to be \u201ccareful\u201d because Zuckerberg does <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-fragility-author-robin-diangelos-new-book-flops-still-makes-new-york-times-best-seller-list\/\" title=\"\u2018White Fragility\u2019 Author Robin DiAngelo\u2019s New Book Flops, Still Makes New York Times\u2019 Best Seller List\">jiu-jitsu<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m up for a cage match if he is lol,\u201d the billionaire replied. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m up for a cage match if he is lol<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1671364992665264131?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Soon after the remark, Zuckerberg posted on his Instagram story the words \u201cSend Me Location\u201d over a screenshot of Musk\u2019s cage match challenge. A spokesperson for Meta <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/6\/21\/23769263\/mark-zuckerberg-elon-musk-fight-cage-match-worldstar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told The Verge<\/a> that \u201cthe story speaks for itself\u201d when asked to confirm whether Zuckerberg would face off against Musk. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1671704483598925825?t=rOSDJta14Ol3aXbnNv6pZg&#038;s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">replied<\/a> to The Verge story on Twitter with the words \u201cVegas Octagon.\u201d The SpaceX CEO also jokingly discussed his fighting skills. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI have this great move that I call \u2018The Walrus\u2019, where I just lie on top of my opponent &#038; do nothing,\u201d Musk said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The verbal jousting comes after The Verge reported that Instagram would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/6\/8\/23754304\/instagram-meta-twitter-competitor-threads-activitypub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">work<\/a> on a text-focused Twitter competitor. It will be an app that is Meta\u2019s \u201cresponse to Twitter,\u201d according to the company\u2019s chief product officer Chris Cox.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zuckerberg, who has competed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-vs-zuckerberg-tech-titans-prepare-for-cage-match-after-musk-challenge\/\" title=\"Musk and Zuckerberg gear up for epic showdown after challenge.\">martial arts competitions<\/a> in the past, recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/joe-rogan-praises-fing-savage-mark-zuckerberg-after-the-super-nerd-wins-jiu-jitsu-gold-medal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">won a gold and silver medal<\/a> in two separate events at the BJJ Tour competition in Woodside, California.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cCompeted in my first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-rogan-praises-fing-savage-mark-zuckerberg-after-the-super-nerd-wins-jiu-jitsu-gold-medal\/\" title=\"Joe Rogan hails Mark Zuckerberg as a \"savage\" after the tech mogul wins Jiu-Jitsu gold.\">jiu jitsu tournament<\/a> and won some medals \ud83e\udd47\ud83e\udd48 for the Guerrilla Jiu Jitsu team,\u201d Zuckerberg announced in May. \u201cThanks to Dave Camarillo, Khai Wu, and James Terry for training me!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Camarillo, who was previously the head Brazilian jiu-jitsu coach for American Kickboxing Academy, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/story\/_\/id\/37598929\/coach-marvels-mark-zuckerberg-winning-bjj-tournament-one-best-students-ever-had\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">praised<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Zuckerberg as one of the best students he\u2019s ever had. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHe is an extremely hard worker, as everybody knows. But a lot of people have a business and they\u2019re successful and they have that side of their life, and rarely do they dip into the physical side, especially with something like jiu-jitsu and MMA, and have the same amount of success or even go past Day 1 or Month 1.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>will be a spectator sport,\u201d Musk tweeted. Zuckerberg responded with a simple, \u201cBring it on.\u201d The challenge has sparked excitement among their followers, who eagerly await the outcome of this potential clash between two tech titans. It remains to be seen if the cage match will actually take place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":1954188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1954187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1954187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1954188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1954187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1954187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1954187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}