Zuckerberg Suffers Knee Injury During Martial Arts Training... What About a Face-Off with Musk?

Underwent Anterior Cruciate Ligament Replacement Surgery

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, underwent surgery after tearing a knee ligament during a mixed martial arts (MMA) sparring match on the 3rd (local time).

Zuckerberg posted on his Instagram that day, "I just came out of surgery to replace a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) during sparring," sharing a photo from his hospital bed. He said, "I was training for an MMA fight early next year," but warned, "However, the timing of the fight will be somewhat delayed."

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, who is hospitalized after knee surgery [Photo by Zuckerberg, Instagram]

Since June, Zuckerberg and Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, have been exchanging heated words on their respective social media platforms, claiming they would have a 'hyeonpi' (a slang term meaning to meet in real life and fight) through MMA.

The exchange began when Musk mocked Zuckerberg’s launch of Threads in response to Musk’s Twitter (now X), and a netizen commented, "Be careful, Zuckerberg does jiu-jitsu," to which Zuckerberg replied, "I am ready to fight."

The 39-year-old Zuckerberg started MMA during the COVID-19 pandemic and even set up a fighting ring in his backyard. Zuckerberg sent a message on Instagram saying, "Send the location (for the fight)," and Musk responded, "If it’s real, then let’s do it," sparking interest in whether they would actually have a fight.

However, in August, Zuckerberg posted on Threads, "I proposed a fight date and the UFC president suggested holding it as a charity match, but Musk is not taking it seriously," adding, "It’s time to move on to the next step," which caused their potential fight to fizzle out.

Zuckerberg added, "It seems we all know that Musk doesn’t seem serious about the hyeonpi," and said, "If Musk were serious, he would know how to contact me." He then stated, "From now on, I will focus on competing with people who take sports seriously."

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