A shock showdown between the Tesla and Facebook bigwigs is the talk of the tech and MMA worlds after Musk revealed he’d be open to the fight.
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UFC supremo White stunned fight fans by revealing he’d be willing to pit the duo against one another in the octagon and went one step further by wearing a mock-up promotional t-shirt for the fight on Saturday night.
And he slammed critics who mocked him for saying he doesn’t do ‘gimmick fights’, writing on Instagram: “This isn’t a gimmick fight.
“Gimmick is MMA guys going to boxing and getting beat. We have seen it already and know how it ends.
“This is a fight between two of the most powerfu/richest guys in the world.
“Who will win? Who has seen this before? NOBODY.”
Despite receiving fierce criticism from the mixed martial arts community, White reckons the world would stand still for Musk vs Zuck.
The veteran promoter, 53, said: “It’s also a crossover fight that literally EVERYONE will watch.”
In response to another fan, he added: “Don’t argue with someone like this dude.
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“I love doing MASSIVE fights that everyone wanna see.
“This is the biggest one of all time. Fun s**t.”
White is no stranger to dabbling in crossover fights having given Conor McGregor permission to box Floyd Mayweather in August 2017.
Mayweather vs McGregor began the trend of MMA fighters trying their hand at the Sweet Science, a crossover White believes is very much played out.
“Then keep watching MMA vs boxer in boxing.
“Apparently u [sic] love those fights even though u KNOW EXACTLY who’s gonna win. All good.”
The UFC will resume pay-per-view action a week on Saturday with UFC 290 in Las Vegas.
The card will be headlined by a featherweight title unification fight between Alexander Volkanovski and Yair Rodriguez.