UFC President Dana White has discussed a potential Colosseum fight between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg with Italy's Culture Minister.
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UFC President Dana White has discussed a potential Colosseum fight between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg with Italy’s Culture Minister.
Amidst their recent social media exchange expressing a desire to engage in combat, Mark Zuckerberg (CEO of Meta) and Elon Musk (who owns Twitter, recently rebranded as X, and heads Tesla and SpaceX) have attracted significant attention.
UFC President Dana White, known for his enthusiasm, swiftly entered the conversation, sharing his interest in organizing the fight. He recently revealed that he engaged in discussions with Gennaro Sangiuliano’s team, indicating the Colosseum in Rome as the prospective venue.
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Dana White expressed genuine excitement, confirming the mutual interest in the fight between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. He revealed discussions about hosting the battle at the Colosseum, even mentioning a meeting with Italy’s Culture Minister’s team to explore the possibility of holding the event at this iconic location.
“It’s real, it’s real, they do wanna fight. We were literally talking about the Colosseum for that fight,” White said. “I actually did have a meeting with the minister of culture’s team in Italy to actually have that fight in the Colosseum, if it would happen.
“It would be MMA (mixed martial arts). We’re talking. No steroids, no steroids allowed; these guys would be drug tested. Zuckerberg takes this s*** very seriously. He is a huge UFC fan, he trains. He’s an MMA fan, I should say. Elon grew up doing judo, he’s a legit judo guy.
“This is one of those fights that, if we did do that, I would build a killer undercard with tons of great fights and them in the main event. But think about how big that fight is! Two of the richest, most powerful guys in the f***ing world are gonna fight on the biggest stage ever.
“Everybody would [pay for it]! Who doesn’t wanna see that fight? That’s the kind of fight your grandmother would watch. [Donald] Trump would have to fight [Vladimir] Putin for a fight to be bigger than that.”
He even projected the fight’s staggering revenue, estimating it to reach $1 billion. Zuckerberg has been spotted training with UFC champions Israel Adesanya and Alexander Volkanovski, while Musk reached out to UFC legend Georges St-Pierre for potential training assistance.
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