Twitter owner Elon Musk has said he’s able to challenge Meta boss and renowned martial arts enthusiast Mark Zuckerberg.
Musk, 51, challenged the 39-year-old Facebook founder – who recently won his first amateur Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament – to a “cage match” after Zuckerberg-owned Meta Instagram announced plans to construct a text-based social media platform in order that Twitter rival .
The South African-born tycoon nudged his younger rival with a tweet on Tuesday, warning that one other Meta-owned social media platform would put the Earth “only under Zuck’s thumb, with no other options.”
“Higher watch out @ElonMusk I heard he does ju [sic] jitsu now,” one Twitter user replied.
“I’m ready for a cage match if he’s lol” Musk replied.
Musk trained in Kyokushin karate, taekwondo, judo and “short Brazilian jiu-jitsu” when he was a boy, he said while appearing on Joe Rogan’s podcast last yr.
On one occasion, Musk even shared a photo of himself fighting a sumo wrestler.
“I managed to throw it nevertheless it cost me a c5-c6 disc fracture and eight years of massive back pain!” Musk tweeted last yr.
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Nonetheless, he can have his hands full against Zuckerberg, who shocked social media in May with an Instagram post that has now gone viral, showing a once puny tech geek throwing his opponents on his approach to gold and silver medals at a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament.
Zuckerberg later explained his success on the mat during an appearance on computer scientist Lex Fridman’s podcast, noting that he was willing to get beaten up while learning the game.
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“Perhaps to some extent your ability to do interesting things is that you wish to embarrass yourself again and return to the 1st step, start as a beginner and kick your ass,” Zuckerberg said.
Musk, for his part, has a history of difficult public figures.
In March, Musk jokingly challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to a “single fight” – and sparked a feud with some Kremlin officials.
His stab at Zuckerberg comes after Meta’s chief product officer Chris Cox reportedly referred to Instagram’s proposed text app as “our response to Twitter” – and drew cheers from employees after they promised it could be “reasonably managed” platform versus Musk’s. , The Verge reported this month.
Cox said Meta was already in early talks with some celebrities about creating accounts, including Oprah and the Dalai Lama, and that the app could be released “as soon as possible.” Internal documents reportedly indicate that the Meta app will likely be called “Threads”.
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Meanwhile, Musk recently hired former NBCUniversal sales director Linda Yaccarino to guide an ongoing overhaul of Twitter, which is attempting to rebuild its revenue streams after multiple advertisers fled the platform after acquiring it for $44 billion.