the Minister of Culture has reportedly reached out to Twitter and Tesla head Elon Musk and Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg to coordinate a fight at the historic Colosseum in Rome, Italy.The Post has reached out to the Italian Minister of Culture for confirmation.In response, Musk, 52, entertained the idea by tweeting, “Some chance fight happens in Colosseum.” Both tech moguls have been training with Lex Fridman, an Artificial Intelligence researcher who hosts the Lex Fridman Podcast, a podcast and YouTube series.
He also practices Brazilian jiu-jitsu and holds a first-degree black belt.After Musk tweeted earlier this month that he would be “up for a cage fight” with Zuckerberg, the Meta CEO shot back by posting a screenshot of Musk’s tweet with the caption “send me location.”Zuckerberg’s team reportedly passed on the message to Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White, whose people contacted the Italian Minister.Italian government officials reportedly offered up the 2,000-year-old venue as a battleground for the historic cage fight.
Considered one the of seven wonders of the world, Musk continued to up the hype around the fight, quoting Russell Crowe’s character in the film “Gladiator,” who famously tells his troops before battle: “What we do in life, echoes in eternity.”Meanwhile, Zuckerberg, 39, has been training in MMA gyms since last September, with the intent to prepare for MMA debuts, he revealed on June 17.
In a May Instagram post, Zuckerberg revealed that he won his first amateur Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament. Musk, however, may back down at the advice of his mother.
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