{"id":298912,"date":"2023-11-11T22:25:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T22:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=298912"},"modified":"2023-11-11T22:25:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T22:25:10","slug":"white-reveals-he-had-call-with-colosseum-chiefs-for-musk-zuckerberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/mma\/white-reveals-he-had-call-with-colosseum-chiefs-for-musk-zuckerberg\/","title":{"rendered":"White reveals he had call with Colosseum chiefs for Musk- Zuckerberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>EXCLUSIVE: &#8216;It was legit!&#8217;: Dana White reveals he had a conference call with Colosseum chiefs in Italy over Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg&#8217;s mega-fight &#8211; and was speaking to both billionaires &#8216;multiple times a week&#8217; to seal a deal<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk had previously teased a fight between them\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>And UFC chief Dana White was involved in the discussions<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A fight between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk now looks dead in the water, but Dana White has confirmed there were serious discussions to stage the matchup between the tech rivals.<\/p>\n<p>While Zuckerberg recently tore his ACL, there was a time when it really looked like he might fight the Tesla founder Musk &#8211; as White knew firsthand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was legit,&#8217; he exclusively told Adam Glyn. &#8216;I was talking to both of these guys multiple times a week about this. And we literally had a conference call with the powers that be in Italy for the\u00a0Colosseum. It was very real.<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether a future bout between Zuckerberg and Musk could still be in the cards, White was noncommital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Zuck blew his ACL, so I don&#8217;t know,&#8217; he said. &#8216;It was fun to talk about, it was fun to promote and who knows.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/10\/19\/77664375-12735787-Dana_White_confirmed_that_discussions_over_a_Mark_Zuckerberg_Elo-a-86_1699645477179.jpg\" height=\"522\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Dana White confirmed that discussions over a Mark Zuckerberg-Elon Musk fight were &#8216;legit&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/10\/19\/74297657-12735787-Mark_Zuckerberg_is_running_out_of_patience_with_Elon_Musk-a-84_1699645276738.jpg\" height=\"418\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/10\/19\/74297957-12735787-Musk_leaked_his_private_messages_with_Musk-a-85_1699645276741.jpg\" height=\"418\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>A fight between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk now appears to be dead in the water<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the Joe Rogan Experience\u00a0last month,\u00a0Musk said that Zuckerberg had reservations about fighting without UFC branding at the\u00a0Colosseum.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And then Zuck pulled out. He used the pull-out method,&#8217; Musk cracked, adding that he was willing to fight under UFC rules.<\/p>\n<p>In text messages leaked to biographer Walter Isaacson in August, Zuckerberg told Musk, &#8216;If you still want to do a real MMA fight, then you should train on your own and let me know when you&#8217;re ready to compete.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Musk told Rogan on his show, &#8216;He accused me of not being serious. And I said, &#8216;Listen, at the end of the day, I&#8217;ll fight you any place, anywhere under any rules.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 52-year-old added, &#8216;I&#8217;m way bigger than him, it&#8217;s unfair. I don&#8217;t think he should fight me.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>With White in New York for UFC 295, he offered an update on\u00a0Conor McGregor, saying the Irishman could return to the octagon next summer.<\/p>\n<p>White also added that UFC will soon stage fights at the Sphere in Las Vegas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;re doing that fight. It&#8217;s a done deal.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/mma\/article-12735787\/Dana-White-reveals-conference-call-Colosseum-Italy-Elon-Musk-Mark-Zuckerberg.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXCLUSIVE: &#8216;It was legit!&#8217;: Dana White reveals he had a conference call with Colosseum chiefs in Italy over Elon Musk <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298911,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>White reveals he had call with Colosseum chiefs for Musk- Zuckerberg - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/mma\/white-reveals-he-had-call-with-colosseum-chiefs-for-musk-zuckerberg\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"White reveals he had call with Colosseum chiefs for Musk- Zuckerberg - 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