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Nolan King

Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg: MMA community reacts, takes sides in pitched billionaire fight

Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg may or may not ever actually throw down inside a cage, but a proposed fight between the two caused quite a stir on social media over the past week.

After Musk said he would fight him, Zuckerberg pulled a Khabib Nurmagomedov with a simple “send me location” line on Instagram. As the hype grew, Musk specified he wants a “cage match” against Zuckerberg in Las Vegas.

Since the buzz surrounding a battle between the Meta and Twitter CEOs came to be, UFC president Dana White said in multiple interviews over the past week that he’s held conversations with both Musk and Zuckerberg about making the fight happen.

As the hype built, numerous MMA fighters and personalities chimed in on a “Musk vs. Zuck” battle. Some even took sides. Scroll below to see what the MMA community thinks of a potential social media tycoon fistfight.

Georges St-Pierre

Jon Jones

Valentina Shevchenko

Jake Paul

Jake Shields

Jack Jenkins

Luke Thomas

Elon Musk, himself

Dana White

Dominick Cruz

Adam Hunter

Jon Anik

Matthew Wells

Jason Miller

Ben Fowlkes

Matt Frevola

Dan Hellie

Cody Durden

Ian Heinisch

Billy Quarantillo

Chad Dundas

Hurricane Helms

Dan Henderson

Malki Kawa

Cris Cyborg

Chamatkar Sandhu

BKFC

Saidyokub Kakhramonov

Luca Fury

Marcel Dorff

Charles Oliveira

Pearl Gonzalez

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