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Mark Zuckerberg looks shredded after training with UFC champs
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, USA TODAY via Imagn Content Services, LLC

Mark Zuckerberg looks shredded in photo after training with UFC champions

Just one week after a photo of Twitter CEO Elon Musk and former UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre made the rounds via social media, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg one-upped him.

On Tuesday, UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya posted a photo of himself, UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and an impressively shredded Zuckerberg after a training session with the two City Kickboxing standouts.

“It was an honor to train with you guys!” Zuckerberg commented on the post via Instagram.

Adesanya and Volkanovski are just two of the many UFC fighters (including heavyweight champion Jon Jones) who offered to help Zuckerberg train for a rumored mega-fight with Musk in the future. It appears the trip to Lake Tahoe wasn’t all business, however, as Adesanya’s Instagram story shows Zuckerberg wakeboarding while being pulled by a boat.

Conversely, Musk has had several training sessions with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blackbelt Lex Fridman, who tweeted the post-training session photo of himself, Musk, St. Pierre and renowned MMA instructor John Danaher, who’s coached several former champions including St. Pierre, Chris Weidman and Jake Shields.

“Really fun!” Musk tweeted in response to Fridman’s photo. “The obvious conclusion is that I need a *lot* more training.”

Former UFC welterweight title contender Jorge Masvidal has also offered to help train Musk for his showdown with Zuckerberg.

Michael Gallagher

Michael Gallagher is a longtime sports journalist based out of Nashville with a decade of experience covering college football, mixed martial arts and prep sports plus the NFL and NHL — specifically the Tennessee Titans and Nashville Predators. He’s covered several notable sporting events including an AFC Championship game, a Stanley Cup Final, an NHL All-Star Game and an NHL Stadium Series. Some of his past bylines can be found at the Nashville Scene, SB Nation, The Hockey News and Fox Sports Knoxville

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