Zuck v Musk

[GeneChing]

Mark Zuckerberg, 'Pushing Hands' Of A Kung Fu Master
Learning Mandarin is just part of the Facebook founder's ambitious but subtle strategy to return to the Chinese market. Huo Yuanjia (and Ang Lee) would be proud.
Meiqi An (2014-10-23)



Mark Zuckerberg has apparently learned more from the Chinese than just Mandarin.

The Facebook founder wowed the world again this week, handling a 30-minute Q&A in Beijing almost entirely in the Chinese language that he's been privately studying for the past four years. (And yes, he did an admirable if rather-short-of-perfect job with his Mandarin)

But beyond the language, Zuckerberg has also clearly learned a lesson or two from his Chinese Kung-Fu idol Huo Yuanjia, applying the martial arts “Pushing Hands” technique – using gentle movements to redirect your opponent’s force and undermining his natural instinct – toward his even bigger goal of gettting Facebook back up and running in China.



The native country of his wife's parents has banned Facebook since 2009. Since then, China is one of currently nine other countries, including Iran, North Korea and Cuba, where the little blue “F” cannot be found on the Internet.

Instead of attempting direct negotiations with the Chinese authorities as he'd done before, Zuckerberg now appears intent on a more "pushing hands" approach. So there he was on stage promoting Facebook without even mentioning the word “Facebook,” and accepting a place on the board of China's Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management.


Zuck working the room in Mandarin.

But also what the social media billionaire said to his Chinese audience showed a master's touch for mixing flattery and sincerity. When he was asked why he is learning Chinese, Zuck said: “There are three reasons that I learn to speak Chinese, the first one is that my wife is Chinese, her family speaks Chinese and her grandmother only speaks Chinese. I want to talk with them. Second reason, I want to learn Chinese culture. China is a great country and I think learning the language can help me get a better knowledge of the culture. And thirdly, Chinese is a very difficult language, and I am a person who loves challenge!”

He also had a self-deprecating joke ready, recalling that when he told his Chinese-American wife Priscilla Chan that he had trouble listening in Mandarin, she replied that he didn't listen well in English either.


[Note: Taiwanese-American director Ang Lee, whose first family drama feature was the 1992 Pushing Hands, must be taking notes!]

Zuckerberg also announced that 20 young Chinese graduates have been hired by Facebook this year, with many more in the years to come. He also sprinkled in a bit of American-Dreamlike inspiration for his hosts: “I created a company not because I wanted to create a company: It is because I want to change the world.”

But one question seems to linger: Which will be more difficult, learning Chinese or getting Facebook back in the hands of the Chinese people?

Let's see a Push Hands contest between Zuck & Jack Ma.

[GeneChing]

Zucko here & here on this thread

EXPERTS SURPRISED BY MARK ZUCKERBERG'S SKILL IN MMA SPARRING VIDEO
EVEN CONNOR MCGREGOR WEIGHED IN.
MARK ZUCKERBERG



Watch out, metamates. Your Eye of Sauron, Facebook-turned-Meta CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg, has been doing some serious martial arts training. And considering past Facebook employees' accounts of, uh, katanas being brandished at them in-office, y'all might want to code with your head on a swivel.

Over the weekend, Zucko took to Instagram to show off his mixed martial arts moves. Honestly? We're not MMA experts, but he seems pretty good — and according to the post's comment section, a lot of fighting champs apparently agree.

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A number of famous martial artists left some positive comments on Zuck's video, where he's seen fighting actual MMA fighter Khai "The Shadow" Wu.

"Amazing!!!" wrote Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner Bernardo Faria. "Half guard, arm-bars, triangle! Super cool."

"Yo!!!" added Ireland's controversial MMA star Connor McGregor. "F****** awesome Mark!"

"Combos looking clean," wrote the official UFC account.

Hobby King
The Meta overlord, as he's proven many times in the past, has a lot of hobbies — his love for meat-smoking is a classic, which he shared with the world via Facebook Live a few years back. It's unclear whether the founder actually just likes to share what he's up to with the public, or if he's continuously trying to prove that he's an actual human — or, for that matter, that Facebook and Instagram really are places to share pictures and videos with friends, and not just a tool for Meta to monetize every aspect of our digital existences.

But we digress. Fitness is good, and it's nice to have hobbies. Still, history is often doomed to repeat itself... so metamates, beware.

[GeneChing]

More on Zuck

MARK ZUCKERBERG
KICKS ASS IN JIU JITSU TOURNAMENT
Wins Gold, Silver Medals!!

5/8/2023 8:43 AM PT



Mark Zuckerberg's putting his martial arts training to good use -- the Facebook founder won gold and silver medals at a local jiu-jitsu tourney in Northern California ... his first time competing!

38-year-old Zuckerberg kicked ass at a tourney on Saturday in Redwood City, CA -- about 10 miles from Palo Alto -- where he put his new skills on display, competing in both Gi (jacket) and no Gi.



It's super impressive for a guy who has only been training for a short amount of time. In fact, Zuckerberg told Joe Rogan last year that he began practicing martial arts during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Despite Mark winning most of his matches, the day wasn't without controversy. During one fight, Zuckerberg became visibly upset with a ref. It's unclear why Zuck was upset, but after a short, but rather heated convo with the official and his opponent, everyone shook hands.

But, all in all ... Zuck was awesome.

And, some of the biggest stars in MMA congratulated him on the medals ... with guys like Israel Adesanya, Brandon Moreno, and Alex Volkanovski heaping praise on the billionaire.

"Wow congrats 👏👏," Moreno, the UFC flyweight champ wrote.



Volk, the UFC featherweight champ commented ... "Legend! Love the shorts mate"

"When the #1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world gives you shorts, you wear them" ... Zuckerberg responded to Alex.

Somebody call Dana White ... let's get this guy a contract!

[YinOrYan]

More on Zuck

Now here's some real troll-bait for this forum:

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/21/2...atch-worldstar

[GeneChing]

Now here's some real troll-bait for this forum:

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/21/2...atch-worldstar

I've been thinking of making an indie thread about this. We're not above click bait here, ya know...

Actually I do think Zuck's MMA is newsworthy and have been pondering an indie thread on him for a while now.

[YinOrYan]

I've been thinking of making an indie thread about this. We're not above click bait here, ya know...

Actually I do think Zuck's MMA is newsworthy and have been pondering an indie thread on him for a while now.

vs. a 51 old that's been in “real hard-core street fights”???

[GeneChing]

...forgive me

Musk will train if Las Vegas martial arts cage match takes hold
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June 24, 202310:10 AM PDT Updated a day ago


Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

WASHINGTON, June 24 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said on Saturday he will start training if the mixed martial arts cage fight he has provoked with fellow billionaire media mogul Mark Zuckerberg takes shape.

Twitter owner Musk tweeted on Tuesday he was up for a cage match in Las Vegas with Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook parent Meta (META.O), who has trained in jiu-jitsu.

"I haven't started training yet. So if this does happen, I will," Musk said in a talk on Twitter with Ashlee Vance, the author of a book on Musk and the space race.

The match "might actually happen" said Musk while attending a birthday party in Europe, adding it was possible that it could go badly if Zuckerberg takes the match seriously.

Musk also said SpaceX investments in the rocket Starship, the debut flight of which exploded over the Gulf of Mexico in April raising questions about environmental impacts, may approach $3 billion this year.

Musk said SpaceX was working on improvements to Starship.

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Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg's cage fight vow is the latest example of how martial arts are taking hold of Silicon Valley tech bros
Jyoti Mann


Mark Zuckerberg, Dana White, and Dan Schulman. Jeff Bottari/Getty Images; Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images

Tech executives including Mark Zuckerberg and PayPal's Dan Schulman have taken up martial arts.

The combat techniques mirror the pace and intensity of the tech industry, one former exec said.

Here are the key transferable skills drawing in some of the industry's biggest names.

Mark Zuckerberg is one of a wave of Big Tech leaders to have swapped the boardroom for the dojo, as the tech elite continue to search for ways to boost their efficiency while attempting to crack the code of immortality.

The Meta CEO seems to have taken a particular shine to Brazilian jiu-jitsu, recently winning gold and silver medals in his first tournament in Redwood City, California. A report said Zuckerberg was choked out during the same fight – but that claim's since been firmly denied by both the Facebook founder and his coach.

Zuckerberg is now sizing up Elon Musk as his latest opponent, as the pair agreed to go head-to-head in a cagefight. The Tesla CEO challenged Zuckerberg to a showdown earlier in June, and he appeared to accept by writing "Send Me Location" on his Instagram story.

The big tech chiefs' MMA skills will be put to the test in the fight, which the boss of UFC claimed the pair were "absolutely dead serious" about.

Appearing on the "The Joe Rogan Experience" podcast, Zuckerberg said he started his martial arts journey after looking for a sport that would develop both his focus and body.

"What's a thing that's both super engaging physically and also intellectually and where you can't afford to focus on something else?," he said.

"To some degree MMA is the perfect thing because if you stop paying attention for one second you're going to end up on the bottom."

Martial arts mirror tech's dynamic, high-pressure industry

Martial arts appear to have such a draw for tech workers because they mirror the pace and intensity of the tech industry, according to leadership coach and former tech executive Joris Merks-Benjaminsen, who has a black belt in judo and aikido, a Japanese martial art.

An article in Forbes also highlights "adaptability" and "context switching," which it says is the ability to quickly shift mindset and refocus priorities, as key skills for tech executives.

"There's a fast pace, ambiguity, and pressures everywhere, and then somehow you need to do the right thing and invest in the thing that pays off in the long run," Merks-Benjaminsen said.

Danny Zelig trains PayPal CEO Dan Schulman in Krav Maga, which was developed by the Israeli army.

Zelig told Insider that he trained other high-profile CEOs and tech executives who were looking to build skills like problem solving and managing their responses in fast-paced environments, he said.

"Part of our training is to reprogram our brain to create a better response system that will give us time to make a better decision," he said. "For a person like Dan, who has this constant pressure and a changing environment, it's about how you can look into the eye of the storm and respond correctly."

Zelig added that Krav Maga helped to build self-awareness, which is important when it comes to decision-making, especially under stress.

The Krav Maga philosophy is rooted in self-reliance and shifting your mindset from passive to active, he said.

Zelig said that in sparring sessions, Schulman would often wait to for him to strike, which let Zelig dictate the fight. He said that in his training he tried to reverse this thought process, teaching Schulman to act first and take control of the situation.

They develop mental resilience — a key skill in big business

Zelig added that he liked to expose the CEOs he trains to situations that they "cannot win," hoping to impart some lessons on how to deal with failure.

"What happens to our mind when we do everything correctly but we still fail? It's an amazing platform for self-growth and performance," he said.

Joanna Pineda, CEO of Matrix Group International, said practicing taekwondo and hapkido, a Korean martial art, for more than a decade helped her develop "mental toughness."

She said that while she initially took up the sports because she felt out of shape, she quickly became hooked by the sense of accomplishment. "It's the discipline, the training, the mindset that have been important to me, less so the ability to have beautiful kicks and forms."

She added that the training helped her to focus on the present and develop distance from her work in her "own version of mindfulness."

Bob Rosin, a partner at the venture-capital firm Defy, has trained in aikido for more than 15 years.

He said it's been "invaluable" in helping him negotiate complex partnerships in his former business-development roles at LinkedIn, Microsoft, and Skype. He was also head of partnerships at the financial-services startup Stripe.

Rosin said the classes helped him to clear his mind and free his body: "I would always emerge re-energized and ready to take on any new challenge."

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[GeneChing]

Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin — who has unbeaten mixed martial arts record — challenges Teamsters union boss to cage match
By Ryan King
June 26, 2023 6:11pm Updated
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Sen. Markwayne Mullin is done with the snippy tweets.

He wants a real tussle with the boss of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Mullin (R-Okla.), who has an unbeaten mixed martial arts record to his credit, formally challenged Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien to a cage fight for charity on Monday.

“An attention-seeking union Teamster boss is trying to be punchy after our Senate hearing. Okay, I accept your challenge. MMA fight for charity of our choice,” Mullin told O’Brien on Twitter. “Sept 30th in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I’ll give you three days to accept.”

Mullin’s challenge followed O’Brien calling him a “Greedy CEO who pretends like he’s self made” last week.

“In reality, just a clown & fraud,” added O’Brien, tweeting under the provocative handle “TeamsterSOB”. “Always has been, always will be. Quit the tough guy act in these senate hearings. You know where to find me. Anyplace, Anytime cowboy.”


GOP Senator, Markwayne Mullin, challenges Teamster boss, Sean O’Brien, to a fight.
Markwayne Mullin/Twitter

Both men have been trading barbs since March, when O’Brien dinged Mullin — who owns a plumbing company — during a testy Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing about unionization.

Mullin accused Teamsters of trying to intimidate his employees into unionizing and charged O’Brien was “sucking” money from worker paychecks by “forcing them to pay dues.”

After saying the senator was “out of line,” O’Brien said the Teamsters “create opportunity because we hold greedy CEOs like yourself accountable.”

“You calling me a greedy CEO?” Mullin asked.

“Oh yeah, you are,” O’Brien replied. “You want to attack my salary, I’ll attack yours …What did you make when you owned your company?”

“I kept my salary down at about $50,000 a year because I invested every penny into it,” Mullin said.

OK, all right,” said O’Brien, before restarting hostilities by asking Mullin: “You mean you hid money?

Mullin recalled that war of words last week, eliciting O’Brien’s ire.

“Hey, JohnWayne Mullin..First off, my name’s O’Brien not O’Malley. Secondly, you should get your facts straight because every time you speak in these hearings you’re full of sh*t,” O’Brien tweeted June 21. “The more you run your mouth, the more you show the American public what a moron you are.”


Labor leader Sean O’Brien, president of the Teamsters labor union, speaks during the Labor Notes conference.
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The Teamsters, which touts 1.2 million members, is among the largest labor unions on the planet and represents workers in the trucking, rail and publishing industries, among others.

Mullin previously said he would fight porn star Stormy Daniel’s disgraced former lawyer Michael Avenatti, but that never manifested. Avenatti is currently behind bars.

Mullin was elected to the House in 2012 and ascended to the Senate after winning a special election to succeed retiring Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) last year.


Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing.
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Mullin and O’Brien aren’t the only major figures to stir chatter over a public scrap via Twitter.

Last week, Twitter CEO Elon Musk taunted fellow social media titan Mark Zuckerberg into a “cage fight.” Zuckerberg, a jiu-jitsu disciple, appeared to accept.

Musk, who was peeved by Facebook’s reported plans to produce a micro-blogging Twitter alternative, has teased that his signature move will be “the walrus,” a technique meant to immobilize his enemies by sitting on top of them and doing absolutely nothing.


Elon Musk looks on as he speaks during his visit at the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris.
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Then-Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg leaves the Elysee presidential palace, in Paris back in 2018.
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Musk has admitted he has not done much training to compete with Zuckerberg, making the South African-born CEO a decided underdog.

A Teamsters rep did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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[GeneChing]

I can't even...

MARK ZUCKERBERG, ELON MUSK
ITALIAN GOVERNMENT OFFER ...
Fight Like True Gladiators ... At The Colosseum!!!

EXCLUSIVE
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6/29/2023 9:39 PM PT


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8:02 AM PT -- 6/30 -- The Ministry of Culture's Office issued a statement saying, "There has been no formal contact from the ministry nor any written document, even if the news appears tasty it is unfounded." Sources with direct knowledge confirm again ... the Ministry first reached out to Mark Zuckerberg, then the request was forwarded to Dana White, and there was a follow-up and a call was set for next week. The Ministry added, "If Zuckerberg and Musk wanted to perform in the Colosseum they would have to make a non-violent challenge." Our sources are scoffing at this, saying the Ministry reached out BECAUSE of the fight challenge.
That's why Elon coyly mentioned the Colosseum in a tweet last night.
This will blow your mind -- an official from the government of Italy contacted Mark Zuckerberg about staging a UFC fight against Elon Musk at the most legendary battleground in the world ... Rome's Colosseum ... TMZ Sports has learned.


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Sources with direct knowledge tell us ... the Minister of Culture reached out to Zuckerberg a few days ago about staging what could be the biggest fight in the history of the world in the most fabled fight theater in history.

Our sources say both Elon and Mark would love for the fight to go down at the Colosseum.



We're told Zuckerberg's people passed on the message to UFC Prez Dana White, whose people contacted the Minister.

As for the venue itself -- one of the 7 Wonders of the World -- there have not been large events held inside the nearly 2,000-year-old amphitheater in hundreds of years, and only a few hundred spectators can be seated in temporary seating within the theater.

Sir Paul McCartney performed inside the Colosseum in 2003 for an exclusive charity show before 400 people who paid up to $1,500 -- but other than that, all other concerts have been held just outside the structure.

It's unclear where a Musk vs. Zuck fight would go down -- inside or outside.

Multiple sources with direct knowledge tell us if you're gonna bet on whether this fight goes down ... wager that it's happening. We're told both Musk and Zuck are "all in," and have been negotiating with Dana about the details of a fight daily ... multiple times each day for more than a week.

The biggest obstacle is height and weight disparity, although both men have no issue with it. The question ... if the fight were to go down in Vegas -- which was the goal until the Colosseum offer surfaced -- the Nevada Athletic Commission would have to sign off. Given that Zuck is 5'7" and weighs 145, and Elon towers over him at 6'2" and weighs 230, it's a little problematic. Nevertheless, this would be an exhibition fight, so the rules might bend.



Now that Italy is interested, it opens up so many more possibilities.

Originally Published -- 6/29 9:39 PM PT

[YinOrYan]

I can't even...

rules??? That would really change the odds against 50-something year old with street fighting experience...

[GeneChing]

ELON MUSK
I'M TRAINING W/ GSP
... For Zuckerberg Fight

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6/27/2023 6:39 AM PT


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Elon Musk is pulling out all the stops in preparation for a fight with Mark Zuckerberg -- the Twitter honcho just accepted a training offer from UFC legend Georges St-Pierre!!

The shocking development in the potential billionaire brawl went down on Monday ... when Elon replied to GSP's public pitch to lend a hand in beating Zuck to a pulp in the Octagon.

"I'm a huge fan of yours and it would be an absolute honor to help you and be your training partner for the challenge against Zuckerberg 👊😁," GSP said on Twitter ... to which Elon responded, "Ok, let’s do it 🔥🔥."


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It's a massive deal for Elon ... considering GSP -- the former welterweight and middleweight champion -- is arguably the greatest mixed martial artist of all time. In other words, Musk will be learning from the best of the best.

GSP -- whose background is karate -- trains at Tristar Gym in Montreal under head trainer Firas Zahabi ... one of the greatest minds in MMA.


GSP's record is 26-2 ... with his only losses coming against Matt Serra and Matt Hughes. He racked up wins over Nick Diaz, Michael Bisping, Dan Hardy, BJ Penn and Johny Hendricks.

Zuck also has some star power in his corner -- Jon Jones recently offered his services to the Facebook co-founder, but it's unclear if he's going to take him up on it.

Elon teaming up with GSP provides more evidence the fight may actually happen -- and as TMZ Sports previously reported, Dana White told us both sides are for real about getting in the Octagon together.

A fight date has not been set just yet ... but this thing is really picking up steam.

It's telling that TMZ has the best coverage...

[wuxiaman]

I'm legit more excited for this fight than any MMA fight in who knows how long. Perhaps this can revive Celebrity Deathmatch

[GeneChing]

...this is the best.

Elon Musk's viral Chinese doppelgänger is fighting a fake Mark Zuckerberg to give us all the best-ever preview of how the Musk vs. Zuckerberg cage match might go
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Musk might not be in the cage yet, but Yilong Ma has wasted no time brawling with Mark Zuckerbox. Screenshot/TikTok/Yilong Ma and Chesnot/Getty Images

Elon Musk's hilarious doppelgänger, Yilong Ma, wants us to watch his own fight with Mark Zuckerbox.

The meme master duked it out with the fake Zuckerberg on a grass patch in a four-part TikTok series.

With doge shorts and boxing gloves, Ma delivered on the action that Musk promised us.

Elon Musk makes promises, and Yilong Ma delivers.

The comedy TikToker released a gripping, four-clip series this month of him tussling with "Mark Zuckerberg" — a Chinese man with a box on his head — in tribute to the potential upcoming Musk vs. Zuckerberg cage match.

Sporting doge shorts and a pair of boxing gloves, Ma showed us just how his American namesake might KO his tech rival, punching Zuckerbox and locking him up.

Their arena was a grass patch next to a residential block, making for a production that was significantly lower budget than Musk's proposed "Vegas Octagon," though no less entertaining. Obviously, Ma won each round.

"Challenge Zuckerberg! Wow!" Ma shouted passionately in one clip.

@mayilong0 #elonmusk #zuckerberg My strength is impressive today.#Dogecoin ♬ 原创音乐 - Yi long ma
Ma's fight videos have been viewed more than nine million times on TikTok.

Musk said in May last year that he would love to meet Ma, who may be an extremely sophisticated deepfake. But it's unclear whether the billionaire saw his Chinese alter ego when he visited China a year later.

The Tesla CEO's brawl with Zuckerberg is unlikely to happen, though both men previously said they would be down for it.

So in the meantime, we'll have to settle for the next best thing and watch Zuckerbox get beat up, courtesy of Yilong Ma.

[GeneChing]

I was just thinking this story was subsiding in the shadows of twitter's X logo swap.

Mark Zuckerberg Earns Blue Belt In Preparation for His Cage Match with Musk
The Meta chief went on Instagram to announce his latest achievement.
BY JONATHAN SMALL • JUL 25, 2023

While Elon Musk has been busy rebranding Twitter as X, his rival Mark Zuckerberg has been rising up the ranks to receive his blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

On Sunday, the Meta CEO posted a photo of himself sporting his new colors with martial arts coach Dave Camarillo.

"Congrats @davecamarillo on your 5th degree black belt, Zuckerberg wrote. "You're a great coach, and I've learned so much about fighting and life from training with you. Also honored to be promoted to compete at blue belt for @guerrillajjsanjose team.

A blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is the second adult rank in the art after a white belt.

Zuckerberg seems to be serious about the sport. He picked it up during the pandemic. In May, he won two medals in a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament at a Silicon Valley high school.

Training for the cage match?

In June, Elon Musk challenged Mark Zuckerberg to a battle of the billionaires, saying he was "up for a cage fight."

Zuckerberg responded by posting a screenshot of Musk's tweet on his Insta Story with the caption, "send me location."

Musk then responded with two words: "Vegas Octagon." He was later photographed training with Lex Friedman, who has a black belt in Jiu-Jitsu.

Dana White, president of the UFC, told the New York Times that he has talked to Musk and Zuckerberg about organizing a fight.

"They both want to do it," he said.

Zuckerberg's latest post seems to signal he's serious about improving his skill level.


Jonathan Small
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Editor in Chief of Green Entrepreneur

Jonathan Small is editor-in-chief of Green Entrepreneur, a vertical from Entrepreneur Media focused on the intersection of sustainability and business. He is also an award-winning journalist, producer, and podcast host of the upcoming True Crime series, Dirty Money, and Write About Now podcasts. Jonathan is the founder of Strike Fire Productions, a premium podcast production company. He had held editing positions at Glamour, Stuff, Fitness, and Twist Magazines. His stories have appeared in The New York Times, TV Guide, Cosmo, Details, and Good Housekeeping. Previously, Jonathan served as VP of Content for the GSN (the Game Show Network), where he produced original digital video series.

Hold the phone - http://www.guerrillajiujitsu.com is in San Jose, not far from the TC office...