Elon Musk’s sparring partner shares training photos ahead of cage match with Zuckerberg: ‘Extremely impressed’

One in every of Elon Musk’s sparring companions shared pictures of their “impromptu coaching session” on Twitter Tuesday night because the platform’s govt prepares for his cage match with Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg.

“I did an impromptu coaching session with Elon Musk for a couple of hours yesterday,” tweeted Lex Fridman, a scientist on the Massachusetts Institute of Expertise.

Fridman shared two pictures from the session. One seems to point out the 2 of them grappling with Musk in aspect management making an attempt to isolate Fridman’s proper arm. The opposite seems to point out Musk completing a hip toss on the smaller Fridman.

“I am extraordinarily impressed together with his power, energy, and talent, on the toes and on the bottom,” Fridman mentioned, describing their session as “epic.” He continued: “It is actually inspiring to see Elon and Mark doing martial arts, however I believe the world is served much better in the event that they practice martial arts however not struggle within the cage.”

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The supportive Fridman added: “I am there for them, it doesn’t matter what.”

“That was enjoyable!” Musk commented on the pictures.

The coaching session comes forward of an unscheduled bout between Zuckerberg and Musk, who additionally agreed to start coaching with UFC Corridor of Famer George St-Pierre to organize for the competition.

“I am an enormous fan of yours and it will be an absolute honor that can assist you and be your coaching companion for the problem in opposition to Zuckerberg,” tweeted GSP, who’s broadly thought of to be among the best all-time fighters within the UFC franchise.

Elon Musk, who owns Twitter and SpaceX, beforehand admitted to not recurrently exercising. (Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Pictures)

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“Okay, let’s do it,” Musk responded.

UFC legend Georges St-Pierre reached out to Elon Musk over Twitter and provided to coach him forward of his potential cage match with Mark Zuckerberg. (Getty Pictures)

“Did a apply spherical tonight with Lex Fridman,” he added about an hour later.

Musk, who owns additionally SpaceX, beforehand admitted to not recurrently understanding, though he tweeted Friday that he beforehand skilled in “judo, Kyokushin (full contact) & no guidelines streetfighting.”

Zuckerberg has skilled in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, a self-defense martial artwork, for greater than a 12 months and gained an beginner match.

Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Fb/Meta, poses with UFC president Dana White through the UFC Struggle Night time occasion at UFC APEX on Oct. 1, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)

The thought for the cage match began on Twitter final Tuesday, June 20, when Musk and different customers on the platform had been discussing Meta and its improvement of a Twitter-like competitor.

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Musk then provided to settle the competitors with Meta CEO Zuckerberg, who owns Fb and Instagram, in a cage match.

The Zuck later accepted the problem.

UFC President Dana White later confirmed the 2 billionaires had been “completely useless critical” a couple of potential bout.

White informed TMZ Sports activities the celeb contest could possibly be the “greatest struggle ever within the historical past of the world.”

“Larger than something that is ever been completed,” White continued. “It could break all pay-per-view information. These guys would increase lots of of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} for charity. You do not have to be a preventing fan to have an interest on this struggle. All people would need to see it.”

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He additionally mentioned it may “triple” the income of the present greatest struggle, which was between undefeated boxing standout Floyd Mayweather and former UFC Champion Conor McGregor.

Musk prompt the bout happen in Las Vegas inside a UFC Octagon. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC through Getty Pictures)

“I simply suppose it triples that. I believe it triples what that did. There is no restrict on what that factor could make,” White predicted. “All people would watch it, everyone would need to see it.”

Musk prompt the bout ought to happen in Las Vegas, inside a UFC Octagon, however no date has been set for the billionaire brawl.