--- title: "Experts Surprised by Mark Zuckerberg’s Skill in MMA Sparring Video" description: "MMArk Watch out, metamates. Your Eye of Sauron, CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg, has been doing some serious martial arts training. And considering past Facebook employees' accounts of, uh, katanas being brandished at them in-office, y'all might want to code with your head on a swivel. Over the weekend, Zucko took to Instagram to show […]" date: "2022-09-06" modified: "2022-09-06" authors: - name: "Maggie Harrison Dupré" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/mark-zuckerberg-mma-sparring" categories: - "Future Society" tags: - "facebook" - "mark zuckerberg" - "Meta" - "the digest" --- # Experts Surprised by Mark Zuckerberg’s Skill in MMA Sparring Video ![Over the weekend, Zucko took to Instagram to show off his mixed martial arts moves. And honestly? We're not MMA experts, but he seems pretty good.]() *\Image: Mark Zuckerberg\* ## MMArk Watch out, metamates. Your [Eye of Sauron](), Facebook-turned-Meta CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg, has been doing some serious martial arts training. And considering past Facebook employees' accounts of, uh, *katanas* being [brandished at them in-office](), y'all might want to code with your head on a swivel. Over the weekend, Zucko [took to Instagram]() to show off his mixed martial arts moves. Honestly? We're not MMA experts, but he seems pretty good — and according to the post's comment section, a lot of fighting champs apparently agree. https://twitter.com/levie/status/1566179438525460480 ## Star Support A number of famous martial artists left some positive comments on Zuck's video, where he's seen fighting actual MMA fighter [Khai "The Shadow" Wu](). "Amazing!!!" [wrote Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner]() Bernardo Faria. "Half guard, arm-bars, triangle! Super cool." "Yo!!!" [added Ireland's controversial]() MMA star Connor McGregor. "F\*\*\*\*\*\* awesome Mark!" "Combos looking clean," [wrote the official UFC account](). ## Hobby King The Meta overlord, as he's proven many times in the past, has a lot of hobbies — his love for meat-smoking is a classic, which he [shared with the world via Facebook Live]() a few years back. It's unclear whether the founder actually just likes to share [what he's up to]() with the public, or if he's continuously trying to prove that he's an [actual human]() — or, for that matter, that Facebook and Instagram really are places to share pictures and videos with friends, and not just a tool for Meta to monetize [every aspect of our digital existences](). But we digress. Fitness is good, and it's nice to have hobbies. Still, history is often doomed to repeat itself... so [metamates, beware](). **More Zucko hobbies:** [*Mark Zuckerberg Says He Hunts Wild Boar with a Bow and Arrow*]() ## 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]()