Who would win a fight between Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg? It’s the kind of query that is likely to be requested over a drink within the pub.
However a conflict between the 2 of the world’s tech tycoons might now not be hypothetical after Mr Zuckerberg apparently agreed to a cage fight with Mr Musk.
When rumours emerged earlier this month that the Fb boss – a jiu-jitsu fanatic – was on the lookout for a rival, the House X and Tesla founder tweeted that he was “up for a cage match”. Mr Zuckerberg then posted a screenshot of the tweet with the caption “ship me location”, a reference to a well-known line by ex-UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Now that a fight seems on the playing cards, how would the 2 males match up contained in the ring?
At greater than 6ft tall, Musk would have a clear peak benefit over Zuckerberg, who measures up at 5ft 8in. Musk, 52, has not solely a peak benefit over his attainable opponent but in addition a weight benefit. Musk tweeted: “I’ve this nice transfer that I name ‘The Walrus’, the place I simply lie on prime of my opponent & do nothing.” He added: “I nearly by no means work out, besides for selecting up my youngsters & throwing them within the air.” In 2020, Musk additionally advised Joe Rogan that he “wouldn’t train in any respect if [he] may”.
On the subject of weight and energy, pc scientist and podcast host Lex Fridman, who has educated with each Zuckerberg and Musk, mentioned of the latter this week: “I did an impromptu coaching session with Elon Musk for a few hours yesterday. I’m extraordinarily impressed together with his energy, energy, and talent, on the ft and on the bottom. It was epic.”
Nevertheless, Zuckerberg is a extra skilled martial artist than Musk. The 39-year-old lately put his jiu-jitsu abilities to the check in a actual competitors and gained his first gold and silver medals on the Silicon Valley match. Moreover, Zuckerberg has sparred with UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski – seen by many as the best combined martial artist on the earth – for a Meta mission.
Musk would have a vital dimension benefit over his opponent
Though Zuckerberg is smaller and lighter than Musk, his technical skill and cardio capability may show an excessive amount of for the Tesla boss, who earlier this 12 months mentioned that his typical breakfast included a bowl of ice cream, biscuits and a donut. In the meantime, Zuckerberg says he used to “run a lot” and acquired into browsing after which MMA after the Covid pandemic. “I actually like watching UFC for instance, that’s as a result of I additionally like doing the game [MMA],” he mentioned on the Joe Rogan Expertise podcast. “It truly is the very best sport, 5 minutes in I used to be like, ‘The place has this finest my entire life?’ To a point, MMA is the right factor as a result of if you happen to cease paying consideration for one second you’re going to finish up on backside.”
Along with his martial arts abilities, Zuckerberg additionally lately participated within the “Murph Problem,” a gruelling exercise named after Lt Michael P Murphy, a Navy Seal who was killed in motion in 2005. The problem, which the 39-year-old mentioned he tries to do annually together with his daughters, includes 100 pull-ups, 200 push-ups, 300 squats, and a mile-long run, all whereas sporting a 20-pound weighted vest. “This 12 months I acquired it achieved in 39:58. The women did a quarter-Murph (unweighted) in 15 minutes!” Zuckerberg wrote on Instagram on 29 Might.
In line with Total Shape, a well being and health platform that gives assets and experience from health consultants, Zuckerberg’s skill to “full excessive health challenges and approach with combined martial arts showcases he has substantial skill and endurance”. When it comes all the way down to who would win in a fight, “it’s agility vs energy,” consultants at Complete Form say, whereas noting that, primarily based on “normal endurance and talent for cage combating, Mark Zuckerberg would have the higher hand”. Nevertheless, “having energy and longer attain may give a fighter a lead in relation to forceful placing and make it tougher for the opponent to strike again”.
In the end, the well being and health consultants at Complete Form conclude: “Inserting each titans in a cage, Mark Zuckerberg would have the sting of agility and endurance wanted to take Mr Musk down, given Mr Musk isn’t in a position to forcefully strike him earlier on within the fight.”
Weighing in on the potential match-up, Javier Mendez – former coach of Khabib and present coach of UFC light-weight champion Islam Makhachev – mentioned: “The massive benefit Zuckerberg has over Elon is that he’s actively coaching and he’s extra of a canine proper now, as a result of he entered a jiu-jitsu match, in order that tells me a lot about him. All issues thought of, Zuckerberg is approach forward of Musk, however you gained’t actually know till you see what Musk possesses.
“My number-one precedence for Musk would be to see how arduous he may hit and the way straightforward it would be for him to maintain the fight standing up,” Mendez mentioned. “As a result of Zuckerberg is so forward of him with the jiu-jitsu, I would need Musk to consider methods to stop takedowns. However you’ll be able to’t keep away from a takedown simply by making an attempt to keep away from it; it’s important to keep away from it by placing.”
Musk would do effectively to heed that recommendation, and he has seemingly agreed to be educated by UFC legend Georges St-Pierre.
Georges St-Pierre reigned as UFC welterweight champion and later gained the middleweight belt
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The potential face-off comes amid rumours that Zuckerberg is getting ready to create a new app to rival Twitter, which is anticipated to be known as Threads. The app, internally codenamed Challenge 92, will reportedly characteristic a steady scroll of textual content, buttons just like Twitter’s like and retweet capabilities, and a 500-character restrict on posts.
It’s not the primary time Musk has known as for a fight with a world determine. In August final 12 months he challenged the Russian president to a scrap. “I hereby problem Vladimir Putin to a fight. The prize is Ukraine,” he wrote. Putin didn’t reply to the goading however the irony was apparently misplaced on his Chechen struggle lord ally, Ramzan Kadyrov.
“A phrase of recommendation: don’t measure your energy towards Putin’s, you’re in two completely different leagues,” the henchman warned.
In a assertion to Verge about whether or not a fight will certainly happen between Mr Zuckerberg and Mr Musk, a spokesperson for Meta mentioned: “The story speaks for itself.”
