Now getting into the UFC Octagon … Mark Zuckerberg?!? Do not giggle — the Meta billionaire simply revealed he nonetheless absolutely intends on taking knowledgeable MMA struggle!!
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 exhibiting the world he can kick critical ass.
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The Fb founder — who’s normally a jiu-jitsu man — defined he is warmed as much as the concept of branching out to completely different fight kinds in MMA … particularly with all of the pressure on joints that comes with grappling.
Primarily, Zuck desires 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 struggle 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 middle of the talks — however the occasion by no means got here to fruition.
We have coated it extensively — Zuck will not be your normal nerd, as he is positioned nicely in a number of tournaments … and has skilled with a few of the finest fighters on the earth like Israel Adesanya and Alexander Volkanovski.
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Zuck stated it will most likely be too arduous to make a struggle occur in 2025, as his day job’s received him a bit tied up in the mean time … and it will be arduous to get in the proper head house to organize for an opponent.
However when he desires to make it a actuality … all he has to do is hit up Dana — we’re positive he’ll make room for him on a UFC card.
