MARK Zuckerberg has spoken out after it was claimed that he would fight Elon Musk at UFC 300.
Earlier today on The MMA Hour, Chael Sonnen claimed that Zuckerberg called him to talk about the location of the tech billionaire's fight against Twitter boss Musk.
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"Zuckerberg contacts me because he saw your tweet that I'm coming on," Sonnen said on the show.
"Zuckerberg has told me that he has agreed to fight Elon Musk at UFC 300 and it was a very big deal."
A rep for Zuckerberg later said that the Meta boss did not have a phone conversation with Sonnen about UFC 300, TMZ Sports reported.
Former UFC star Sonnen insisted during his appearance on the show that the call really did occur.
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"That just happened. [My producer] Ethan is my witness, my son, Thero, and my dog, Duke. This is a shoot," Sonnen said.
Zuckerberg's rep told TMZ Sports: "I have confirmed with Mark that he did not call Chael Sonnen."
The fight between Musk and the Meta CEO appeared to be confirmed last week via social media.
It followed plenty of taunting by Musk, who challenged Zuckerberg to a match-up after seeing him fighting in a jiu-jitsu match.
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"Competed in my first jiu-jitsu tournament and won some medals for the Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu team,” he wrote.
The two also sparked talks of a fight when Zuckerberg announced he was planning a new social media platform called Threads meant to be direct competition with Musk's Twitter.
“I’m sure Earth can’t wait to be exclusively under Zuck’s thumb with no other options,” Musk tweeted.
Fans had warned the Twitter CEO to be careful because of Zuckerberg's martial arts skills.
“I’m up for a cage fight if he is lol," Musk responded.
When speaking to Musk's dad Errol Musk, he told The U.S. Sun that the fight is a lose-lose situation for Elon.
“The thing is, if this crazy fight goes ahead, if Elon beats this guy, Elon will be called a bully, being so much heavier and taller, while if he loses, the humiliation would be total," Errol said.
Errol said the match-up was worrying to the entire family.
“I think Elon has got himself into a difficult situation as a result of high school behavior, " Errol said.
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"They both have.”
The U.S. Sun contacted both Sonnen and Zuckerberg's spokespeople for comment on Monday but did not immediately get a response.
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