UFC President Dana White discussed the reasons behind the cancellation of the planned fight between American billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, which was to take place in the Roman Coliseum.
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That was real. I was in the middle of it, and I had a blast doing the negotiations with that thing. Talking with Elon for an hour every night, and talking to Mark for an hour every night. . . . about the fight, where it would be, [weight classes]. I was literally doing conference calls with the government in Italy to do this thing in the Colosseum in Rome. For the right number, the Colosseum was gonna let us do that fight there. Eventually it started to fall apart, but while it lasted it was fun.
Both Musk and Zuckerberg have repeatedly expressed their willingness to fight. However, Mark stated that Elon wasn't taking their fight seriously, so there was no point in his organization.
Meanwhile, White mentioned that he was ready to organize a match between Musk and Zuckerberg under his promotion’s banner. Elon even reached out to former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov for assistance in training for the match against Mark. However, the Russian declined to coach the American businessman on principle.
