Mark Zuckerberg is ready for a throwdown.
After Twitter owner Musk, 51, challenged the Facebook founder — who recently won his first amateur Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament — to a “cage match” this week, the 39-year-old said he’s game following months of back-and-forth on social media.
Musk’s offering came after Zuckerberg’s Meta-owned Instagram reported plans to build a text-based social media platform to rival Twitter.
Taking to Instagram Wednesday, Zuckerberg replied to a Story that had a screenshot of Musk’s tweet that read, “I’m up for a cage match if he is lol.”
“Send Me Location,” Zuckerberg wrote.
But his response didn’t seem to scare off Musk, who seemingly responded with a bout location in mind: the Vegas Octagon.
“I have this great move that I call ‘The Walrus,’ where I just lie on top of my opponent & do nothing,” he added.
Musk is no stranger to rolling up his sleeves, the billionaire is trained in Kyokushin karate, taekwondo, judo, and “Brazilian jiu-jitsu briefly” during his childhood.
On one occasion, Musk even shared a photo of himself squaring off against a sumo wrestler.
“Managed to throw him, but it cost me smashing my c5-c6 disc & 8 years of mega back pain,” he tweeted last year.
Zuckerberg, for his part, is known for his jiu-jitsu skills.
The tech magnate shocked social media in May with a now-viral Instagram post showing the once-puny tech geek flinging his opponents en route to gold and silver medals at a Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament.
On May 6, he took to Instagram to share images from the bout, writing, “Competed in my first jiu jitsu tournament and won some medals 🥇🥈 for the Guerrilla Jiu Jitsu team. Thanks to @davecamarillo @khaiwu @intense0ne for training me!”
And this isn’t the first time Musk has challenged a public figure to take him on.
In March, the Tesla CEO jokingly summoned Russian President Vladimir Putin to “single combat” — and sparked a feud with some Kremlin officials in the process.
Suffice it to say, the bout didn’t come to life.
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