UFC president Dana White is sure that he can arrange a battle between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, two of the wealthiest people in the technology industry.
White claims he has spoken with Tesla and SpaceX co-founder Elon Musk and Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who are both “dead serious” about a battle.
The 53-year-old president of the UFC thinks it would be the most profitable bout ever and promises to give all of the proceeds to charity at a price of $100 per pay-per-view.
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“I was talking to both Elon and Mark last night, both guys are absolutely dead serious about this,” White told TMZ.
Asked why he said that White responded: “Because they both said, ‘Yeah, we’ll do it’.
“They both want to do it. Mark Zuckerberg hit me up first and said ‘Is he serious?’ And I said ‘I don’t know, let me ask him’.
“I asked him (Musk) and he said ‘Yeah, I’m dead serious’.
“This would be the biggest fight ever in the history of the world. It would break all pay-per-view records.
“These guys would raise hundreds of millions of dollars for charity and you don’t have to be a fight fan to be interested in this fight.
“Everybody would want to see it.”
An @ElonMusk vs. #MarkZuckerberg UFC fight could actually happen — and it would be the BIGGEST fight in the history of the world, according to #UFC Prez @DanaWhite. https://t.co/NQba71idna pic.twitter.com/W2dTd5G1ye
— TMZ (@TMZ) June 22, 2023
The Richest Fight in History?
Forbes estimates that the two are wealthy a combined US$244.4 billion, making it hard to believe that they will ever square off in the octagon. Nevertheless, Musk has been actively promoting a prospective fight on Twitter, which he also controls.
“Vegas Octagon,” Musk wrote in response to a tweet regarding the possible venue. “Let’s go full MMA,” read another Tweet.
Whether or when it actually happens, UFC290 has everyone talking about the organization. This year marks the UFC’s 30th anniversary.
