Mark Zuckerberg earns blue belt in jiu-jitsu forward of attainable Elon Musk combat

Elon Musk, beware. He’s not “Zuckin around.”

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed off his new blue belt in jiu-jitsu — the most recent achievement for the novice martial artist as he prepares for a attainable cage match together with his tech rival.

The 39-year-old Zuckerberg posted a picture on his Instagram web page over the weekend of him sporting the blue belt, the subsequent belt coloration above the beginner-level white belt.

Zuckerberg is seen standing subsequent to Dave Camarillo, a 46-year-old martial artist who holds a black belt in judo in addition to Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

“Congrats @davecamarillo in your fifth diploma black belt,” Zuckerberg wrote within the Instagram put up, which generated greater than 196,000 likes as of Monday.

“You’re a terrific coach and I’ve realized a lot about combating and life from coaching with you.”

Zuckerberg wrote that he was “honored to be promoted to compete at blue belt” for the San Jose jiu-jitsu academy the place he trains.

The response to the Instagram put up was largely constructive.

“Zuck aint zuckin round,” one Instagram consumer wrote.

“Elon is in hassle,” wrote one other poster on Instagram.

In Could, Zuckerberg won his first amateur jiu-jitsu tournament.

Final month, Musk tweeted that he would be “up for a cage fight” with Zuckerberg, who responded by tweeting: “Send me location.”

Shortly afterward, Musk was seen in a photograph coaching with Lex Friedman, a podcaster who holds a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

The prospect of a Musk-Zuckerberg cage match has been hyped by Dana White, the president of Final Combating Championship.

Whereas it’s nonetheless unclear if the match will occur, Musk and Zuckerberg have been locked in battle on the digital entrance.

Musk, who has been busy rebranding Twitter as “X,” has threatened to sue Zuckerberg’s firm over alleged mental property theft associated to the rollout of the “Twitter killer” app Threads.