May Musk, mother of Twitter owner Elon Musk, announced in a series of tweets that her fight with Meta* CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been called off. The businessmen themselves did not confirm this. UFC says Musk and Zuckerberg are serious. About the odds of billionaires and forecasts of bookmakers – in Russian media material.
Musk and Zuckerberg have negotiated a ‘cage fight’ via social media amid reports that Meta* is set to launch an app called Threads to compete with Twitter. Musk came up with the idea, saying he was “ready for a cage fight” with Zuckerberg. He agreed, suggesting that Musk choose the venue for the duel. The billionaire said he was ready to fight in the Las Vegas arena.
Twitter owner May Musk’s mother then urged the rivals to fight “only with words”.
“No joke. The duel is only in words. In armchairs. Four feet apart. Whoever is funniest wins,” the billionaire’s mother tweeted on June 22.
She later revealed that she had “cancelled” the fight and urged other users to discourage the fight.
“Actually, I canceled the fight. I haven’t told them yet. But I will continue to say it is cancelled, just in case,” May Musk wrote. The businessman himself replied to him with a smiley face crying with laughter.
Dana White, head of the UFC, which fights mixed martial arts, declared in an interview with TMZ Live that he spoke with Musk and Zuckerberg and that “both guys are absolutely serious.” According to White, the brawl between businessmen could break the pay-per-view record. The UFC chief expects the fight to raise hundreds of millions of dollars, which will go to charity.
What the bookmakers say
Elon Musk, 51, is physically taller than Mark Zuckerberg, 39. With a height of 1.87m, Musk weighs around 85kg, writing The Guardian. Zuckerberg, 1.71m tall, weighs less than 70kg. At the same time, Zuckerberg practices jiu-jitsu and has already won tournaments, while Musk admits to training only by throwing his children in the air. “I have a great move, which I call the morse, when I lay down on my opponent and do nothing,” joked the billionaire.
On June 22, the popular American betting company DraftKings published there “predicted odds” for a Musk-Zuckerberg fight, naming the latter as the favorite. According to the DraftKings betting line, you need to bet $160 on Zuckerberg to win $100, while a $100 bet on Musk will make a profit of $140. explain Forbes.
According to bookmakers, Zuckerberg is in better shape than Musk. Assessing the rivals’ odds, DraftKings director of racing and sports operations Johnny Avello noted that the Meta* chief took part in an intense competition in which he ran a mile, performed 100 pull-ups, 200 push-ups and 300 sit-ups. before running another mile – and all that in a nine-kilogram vest.
Online bookmaker Bovada, on the contrary, considers Musk the favorite. “We can appreciate that Zuckerberg has experience in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, but in the ring we would most likely tip the scales in Musk’s favor as a literal heavyweight.” said publication Insider representative of Bovada. The publication notes that in fact, users cannot bet on the duel, as it has not been officially announced.
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