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Dana White shuts down rumors of potential Musk, Zuckerberg fight
Dana White Aaron Meullion-USA TODAY Sports

Dana White shuts down rumors of potential Musk, Zuckerberg fight

May this (hopefully) be the death knell in the Elon Musk-Mark Zuckerberg cage match saga.

In a conversation with OutKick's Charly Arnolt, UFC president Dana White shut down a potential fight between billionaires Musk and Zuckerberg after months of speculation.

"I don't know. I never say never, but probably not," said White. 

When asked who would win in a hypothetical fight, White deferred in picking a winner between the two, instead saying that "whatever charities were pledged to donate the money, they would be the absolute winners because I think they would do $1,000,000,000 in revenue and they wanted 90 percent of that to go to charity."

Of course, with Musk's estimated net worth of $256 billion and Zuckerberg's of $106.5 billion, each could donate a billion of their own money to those charities right now without resorting to a measuring contest.

Unfortunately, that's probably even less likely than a fight between the two happening.

The drama between Musk and Zuckerberg began after Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, launched Threads, a social media app to rival the platform formerly known as Twitter, which Musk acquired in October of last year and rebranded as X in July.

On Jun. 20, Musk challenged Zuckerberg to a cage match, which Zuckerberg agreed to. Then, in August, Musk suggested the fight could take place in Italy and proposed a practice bout at Zuckerberg's house, prompting the Meta founder to say it's "time to move on," adding, "If Elon ever gets serious about a real date and official event, he knows how to reach me."

Eric Smithling

Eric Smithling is a writer based in New Orleans, LA, whose byline also appears on Athlon Sports. He has been with Yardbarker since September 2022, primarily covering the NFL and college football, but also the NBA, WNBA, men’s and women’s college basketball, NHL, tennis and golf. He holds a film studies degree from the University of New Orleans

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