‘A duel under any circumstances’

Entrepreneur and tech mogul Elon Musk has reignited his feud with Mark Zuckerberg, calling for a fight with his fellow tech giant “under any circumstances”.

Musk, who is the founder of SpaceX, CEO of Tesla, and owner of X (formerly known as Twitter), had a back-and-forth exchange with Zuckerberg on social media earlier this year, baiting each other about the prospect of a cage fight. However, their feud seemed to die down.

Now, during a conversation on The Joe Rogan Experience, Musk has once again called out Zuckerberg.

“I don’t need any time [to prepare],” Musk told Rogan. “[Cardio] will not be a factor.

“I’m willing to do it anytime, anywhere, any place, any rules. I challenge him to a duel under any circumstances. Pistols at dawn, Nerf guns at noon.

“There’s a reason they have weight categories,” Musk continued, discussing his jiu-jitsu experience and highlighting his size advantage over Zuckerberg. “I have a friend who’s pretty good at fighting, but she weighs about half of what I do. And I said, ‘Let me show you why weight categories exist in fighting.’

“I’m gonna do a move called ‘the walrus’. I’ll just lie on you, I won’t put a lock on you, but I’ll position myself in a way that makes it hard for you to get me off. And she couldn’t.”

Rogan repeatedly challenged Musk’s ideas about the role of size in jiu-jitsu, struggling to grasp the tech boss’ description of an armbar.

“This could be an exercise in hubris,” Musk admitted.

Zuckerberg has trained with UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski multiple times, as well as former middleweight champion Israel Adesanya. In contrast, Musk has trained with welterweight great Georges St-Pierre.