It doesn’t seem to be we’ll get to see Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk face off within the ring any time quickly.

In June, the 2 tech bosses proposed a “cage match” in opposition to each other. Pressure and competitors between Musk’s X (previously often called Twitter) and Zuckerberg’s new app Threads created much more on-line hype for the 2 billionaires to battle it out.

However on Sunday, the Meta CEO appeared to have misplaced religion in Musk’s proposal for the blended martial arts (MMA) battle.

“I believe we will all agree Elon isn’t critical and it’s time to maneuver on,” Zuckerberg, 39, wrote on Threads.

Zuckerberg claimed he supplied Musk, 52, a “actual date” for the battle. He stated Dana White, the Final Combating Championship (UFC) president, supplied to make the spectacle “a legit competitors for charity.”

“Elon received’t verify a date, then says he wants surgical procedure, and now asks to do a follow spherical in my yard as a substitute,” Zuckerberg continued.

On Aug. 6, Musk posted to X that he “could require surgical procedure” on his again earlier than he can battle Zuckerberg.

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Elon Musk says he may have surgical procedure forward of proposed ‘cage match’ with Zuckerberg

“If Elon ever will get critical about an actual date and official occasion, he is aware of how you can attain me. In any other case, time to maneuver on. I’m going to concentrate on competing with individuals who take the game critically,” concluded Zuckerberg.

Zuckerberg, a jiu-jitsu fanatic, already competes in opposition to individuals who take MMA as critically as he does. Final month, the Fb founder stated he had obtained his blue belt within the sport. It reportedly takes between one and three years of coaching to earn a blue belt in jiu-jitsu.

Musk has not responded to Zuckerberg’s call-out.

Final week, nevertheless, Musk claimed the battle would happen in Rome, Italy. He stated he spoke to Italy’s prime minister and minister of tradition, who agreed on an “epic location” for the match.

Two days later, Musk shared a textual content allegedly from Zuckerberg that steered the Tesla boss prepare on his personal, then let Zuckerberg know when he was able to battle.

“I don’t need to maintain hyping one thing that may by no means occur, so you must both resolve you’re going to do that and do it quickly, or we should always transfer on,” the textual content reads.

Musk replied by suggesting he would win in opposition to Zuckerberg due to their measurement distinction — however speculated maybe Zuckerberg is “a modern-day Bruce Lee and can one way or the other win.”

It appears although that the one place Musk and Zuckerberg could also be preventing is within the courtroom. Final month, Twitter despatched a cease-and-desist letter over the launch of Threads, which Musk and his crew declare is an “illegal misappropriation of Twitter’s commerce secrets and techniques and different mental property.”

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Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads

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