Zuckerberg says Musk isn’t serious about cage match, suggests ‘it’s time to move on’

The much-hyped cage match between tech rivals Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk seems to be on ice.

Zuckerberg, Meta’s CEO, mentioned Sunday he believes Musk, proprietor of X, previously Twitter, isn’t severe about dealing with him in a combined martial arts battle and will let it go almost two months after trash speak surrounding the attainable showdown started.

“I feel we will all agree Elon isn’t severe and it’s time to maneuver on,” the Fb founder wrote on his new platform Threads Sunday.

He mentioned he supplied an actual date for the billionaire battle and Dana White, UFC president, was prepared to make the battle a “legit competitors” with the proceeds going to charity.

“Elon received’t verify a date, then says he wants surgical procedure, and now asks to do a follow spherical in my yard as an alternative,” Zuckerberg wrote. “If Elon ever will get severe about an actual date and official occasion, he is aware of the way to attain me.”

In return, Musk called Zuckerberg a “hen” on X in reply to a tweet concerning the brouhaha.

Zuckerberg, 39, has previously complained that he was ready to face his tech rival, however Musk, 52, wouldn’t decide to agency particulars.

Earlier than Zuckerberg’s newest shot at his social media competitor, Musk shared a purported text exchange between him and Zuckerberg. The texts allegedly confirmed Zuckerberg telling Musk he ought to practice on his personal and to let him know when he’s able to brawl.

Zuckerberg, who trains in jujitsu, apparently mentioned he didn’t wish to preserve hyping one thing that may by no means occur and suggested Musk to both decide to the cage match or overlook about it. 

Musk texted again that he hasn’t been training a lot, however inquired a couple of follow battle in Zuckerberg’s yard octagon.

Musk, who additionally leads Tesla and SpaceX, first challenged Musk to a “cage match” in June, which Zuckerberg was fast to simply accept.

The X proprietor beforehand mentioned the battle could be live-streamed on his platform and on Meta with the cash raised from the battle going to charity. He teased it would take place in an “epic location” in Italy.

However he additionally just lately revealed that he has a shoulder drawback which will require surgical procedure with a restoration interval of “a couple of months.”