Musk-Zuckerberg brawl could bring in over $1 billion, be 'biggest fight in the history of the world'

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are "absolutely dormant serious" astir trading blows successful the Octagon, and fans volition person to wage up if they privation to watch.

UFC president Dana White connected Thursday told TMZ Sports that helium spoke with some billionaires astir their social media beef this week, which saw Zuckerberg responded to a "cage match" challenge issued by Musk connected Twitter.

"Mark Zuckerberg deed maine up archetypal and said 'is helium serious?'" White told the outlet. When the promoter reached retired to Musk, the Tesla CEO told him: "Yeah, I'm dormant serious."

White said that helium is already successful "early stages" of readying however to enactment connected the fight, but didn't hesitate to play up the excitement helium expects the brawl volition create.

"This would beryllium the biggest combat ever successful the past of the world, bigger than thing that's ever been done," helium said. "It would interruption each pay-per-view records."

While a modular UFC pay-per-view costs $80, White said helium would complaint $100 for the Musk-Zuckerberg bout.

The erstwhile biggest pay-per-view ever was Conor McGrergor-Floyd Mayweather successful 2017, White said, which brought successful much than $600 cardinal successful revenue.

Mayweather reportedly took location $275 million aft winning, portion McGregor walked distant with $85 million.

But a combat betwixt Musk and Zuckerberg — the No. 1 and No. 10 richest men connected world with a combined nett worthy of $340 billion — would easy acceptable a caller record, White said.

"I deliberation it triples [Mayweather-McGregor]," helium said. "There's nary bounds connected what this happening tin make."

The 2 executives, who person a history of atrocious blood, apt aren't looking to adhd to their nett worthy from the fight, however. Instead, helium suggested they would each conflict for a charitable enactment of their choice.

"I don't deliberation either 1 of them needs the money," White said. "These guys would rise hundreds of millions of dollars for charity," helium added.

White declined to speculate astir erstwhile the combat mightiness instrumentality place, but said he's acceptable to marque it happen.

"If these guys are serious, I marque fights that radical privation to see," helium said. "That's what I bash for a living."

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