Ever since Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter’s new boss Elon Musk responded to each other’s cage match challenge, the internet has been buzzing with many theories and speculation about the outcome. And now, to spice it up, Mr. Musk posted a tweet saying there is “some chance” that the fight could take place on the most storied battlefield in the world – the Colosseum of Rome. The cryptic tweet was posted after TMZ claimed Italian government officials contacted Mr. Zuckerberg to organize the Colosseum fight.
Twitter users were thrilled after Musk posted, “An accidental battle takes place in the Colosseum.”
A chance fight takes place in the Colosseum
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 30, 2023
The tweet got over 24 million views and nearly two lakh likes.
“Fight of the century” according to one user. “The most entertaining location is the most likely,” said another.
Many of them also posted memes, speculating on the outcome of the fight.
It all started when reports claimed that Mr. Zuckerberg, a jiu-jitsu fighter, was looking for a competitor. In response, Musk tweeted that he was willing to engage in a cage fight. The Facebook chief responded to the challenge, posting a screenshot of Mr Musk’s tweet with the caption “Send me location”.
The Verge reached out to the Meta team to confirm Mr. Zukerberg’s post. “The story speaks for itself,” Meta spokesperson Iska Saric told the news outlet.
Later, a user posted a screenshot of Mr. Zuckerberg’s story to Twitter, to which Mr. Musk replied, “If this is real, I will.”
Recently, Mr. Zuckerberg, 39, recently competed in a real competition where he put his jiu-jitsu skills to the test and won his first gold and silver medals at the Silicon Valley tournament.