Just one week after a photo of Twitter CEO Elon Musk and former UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre made the rounds via social media, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg one-upped him.
On Tuesday, UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya posted a photo of himself, UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski and an impressively shredded Zuckerberg after a training session with the two City Kickboxing standouts.
— Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) July 11, 2023
No fugazi with Mark
This is Serious Business‼️ pic.twitter.com/nraS4DrvuO
“It was an honor to train with you guys!” Zuckerberg commented on the post via Instagram.
Adesanya and Volkanovski are just two of the many UFC fighters (including heavyweight champion Jon Jones) who offered to help Zuckerberg train for a rumored mega-fight with Musk in the future. It appears the trip to Lake Tahoe wasn’t all business, however, as Adesanya’s Instagram story shows Zuckerberg wakeboarding while being pulled by a boat.
Conversely, Musk has had several training sessions with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blackbelt Lex Fridman, who tweeted the post-training session photo of himself, Musk, St. Pierre and renowned MMA instructor John Danaher, who’s coached several former champions including St. Pierre, Chris Weidman and Jake Shields.
Great training session with 3 men that I really admire.
— Georges St-Pierre (@GeorgesStPierre) July 3, 2023
Combined IQ in this photo is 1000. « Not including me » pic.twitter.com/BY34IpRny8
“Really fun!” Musk tweeted in response to Fridman’s photo. “The obvious conclusion is that I need a *lot* more training.”
Former UFC welterweight title contender Jorge Masvidal has also offered to help train Musk for his showdown with Zuckerberg.
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