Elon Musk is all-in on training with Georges St-Pierre ahead of Mark Zuckerberg fight
By Anwesha Nag
Ever since Dana White has expressed a great deal of interest in hosting a potential MMA fight between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg inside the Octagon, several fighters have offered to train the tech moguls for the contest.
UFC legend Georges St-Pierre was among the names who sided with the Tesla CEO in this feud. On Saturday, the former fighter proposed to extend his expertise in MMA and help Musk prepare for Zuckerberg, who has taken part in Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitions and won.
"@elonmusk I'm a huge fan of yours and it would be an absolute honor to help you and be your training partner for the challenge against Zuckerberg," St-Pierre tweeted.
On Monday, Musk responded to St-Pierre. "OK, let's do it," Musk wrote on Twitter.
Ok, let’s do it 🔥🔥
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 27, 2023
Making this fight sounds like an impossible feat at the moment, but Musk and Zuckerberg are among the few people on Earth with enough resources to make almost anything possible. If the fight does end up happening, Musk would have the best possible coach in St-Pierre.
The Canadian fighter-turned-actor is considered the greatest fighter to ever compete in the sport by many. He's in the Mount Rushmore of MMA for many fellow fighters and fans. The 42-year-old is a former two-division UFC champion at middleweight and welterweight. The highlight of his UFC tenure is a dominant title reign at 170 lbs. from 2008 to 2013.
Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg UFC fight pitched to be $25M PPV
Another UFC veteran, Chael Sonnen, recently appeared on Ariel Helwani's The MMA Hour and claimed that Zuckerberg contacted him and wanted to feature on the UFC 300 card. The claim was later debunked by the Facebook founder's team.
Sonnen also stated that if the fight takes place in UFC, it will become the highest-grossing pay-per-view in the history of the promotion.
"You could for sure do 10 million-plus [pay-per-views]. But you could be closer to 20 and 25 [million pay-per-view buys], because what I would predict is both of their companies would start some kind of a digital arm," he tweeted.
Even though Dana White has previously stated he is not into "gimmick" fights and will never host such contests in the UFC, he has shown active enthusiasm about Musk vs. Zuckerberg.
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