--- title: "It’s On! Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg Agree to Brutal Cage Fight" description: "Middle-aged tech billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are threatening to cage fight each other. And yes, it's all very stupid." date: "2023-06-22" modified: "2023-06-22" authors: - name: "Maggie Harrison Dupré" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison" url: "https://futurism.com/elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-cage-fight" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "billionaires" - "elon musk" - "fighting" - "mark zuckerberg" - "twitter" --- # It’s On! Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg Agree to Brutal Cage Fight ![Middle-aged tech billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are threatening to cage fight each other. And yes, it's all very stupid.]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* Two of the world's foremost middle-aged tech billionaires are threatening to cage-fight each other. And yes, the whole thing is as dumb as it sounds. The verbal jabs between the two billionaires in question, 51-year-old SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk and 39-year-old Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, began on Tuesday when Musk [responded to a tweet]() about Meta's rumored forthcoming Twitter rival. "I'm sure Earth can't wait to be exclusively under Zuck's thumb with no other options," Musk [tweeted in response]() to the initial post. And when one user [responded that]() Musk should be "careful" because Zuck "does jiu-jitsu" now, the mercurial billionaire decided to take things up a notch. "I'm up for a cage match if he is lol," Musk [quipped](), adding an extremely mature "Zuck my \[tongue out emoji\]." Now, you might be thinking: Musk, in his 50s, is clearly acting like a child, so maybe Zucko will step up as the adult in the room and refuse to engage. A fair prediction, considering that these are incredibly busy men who presumably have a lot of better things to do with their time than spar like a pair of kindergarteners. Zuck, however, couldn't help himself and shared a screenshot of Musk's "cage match" tweet on his Instagram account. "Send Me Location," Zuck wrote in giant letters across the screenshot. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1671364992665264131 A Meta spokesperson [confirmed to ]()*[The Verge]()* that Zuck's Instagram jab — which is more or less the equivalent of telling somebody to "meet me behind the gym at four" — was not a joke. "The story speaks for itself," the spokesperson told *The Verge*. Musk has yet to make an official statement, although did respond to the *Verge's* write-up on Twitter. "Vegas Octagon," Musk [tweeted at the *Verge*](), later [adding]() that "I have this great move that I call 'The Walrus,' where I just lie on top of my opponent & do nothing." If we were to put our sports analyst caps on, The Walrus could be a pretty effective move for Musk. He's older and isn't particularly athletic, even [admitting in a Wednesday tweet]() that "I almost never work out, except for picking up my kids & throwing them in the air." But at six foot one, he's physically imposing. Zuck, alternatively, stands at a smaller five foot seven, [but he's *actually* a really good]() and [well-trained fighter]() who's also [extremely fit](). In short, it's a bit of a toss-up, but we might side with the Facebook founder on the hand-to-hand combat front. That said, both [Musk]() and [Zuck]() are big sword guys, so other modes of battle could be a different story entirely. Anyway. It's all pretty silly. That said, a big part of us does want the fight to happen. After all, some ego-bruising could likely do pretty much any Silicon Valley billionaire some good — [especially Musk](). **More on Zuckerberg's battle skills:** [*Video Emerges of Mark Zuckerberg Getting Beat Down*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping the media industry, and more broadly how those dynamics are changing how we all consume and share information and relate to one another. I'm also fascinated by public health policy and ethics, the role of emerging tech in politics and governance — and the powerful people and forces at those intersections — climate change, and the environment. My investigation on Sports Illustrated's use of AI-generated authors with fictional biographies won a 2024 Mirror Award for "Best Story on Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and the Media" from Syracuse University's SI Newhouse School, I contributed to Niemen Lab's 2025 Predictions for Journalism series, and I've discussed my work for Futurism during appearances on NPR, CNN, the BBC, the CBC, and more. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I played Division I field hockey for the Minutewomen as a midfielder. Since then, I've lived in New Orleans, Louisiana and Manhattan, New York. I spend my free time running, reading, perusing archival fashion, and searching for the world’s best negroni. I also have a debonair tuxedo cat, Westley, who's named after "The Princess Bride." ### Author social links [Bluesky]()