UFC legend Georges St-Pierre to train Elon Musk in preparation for his cage fight with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg

And in the verified account corner with the blue checkmark…

On Tuesday, Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, agreed to a proposition from UFC icon Georges St-Pierre to coach him for his upcoming showdown with Mark Zuckerberg, his competitor from Facebook.

The former 42-year-old champion initially proposed his assistance on Saturday, posting on Twitter to Elon Musk: “I’m a huge fan of yours and it would be an absolute honor to help you and be your training partner for the challenge against Zuckerberg.”

Musk — who had a comparable proposition from alleged perpetrator of human exploitation, Andrew Tate — declared shortly after midnight that he was joining forces with Team GSP.

“Ok, let’s do it,” he replied to St-Pierre with two fire emojis.

Ok, let’s do it 🔥🔥

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 27, 2023

Musk, aged 51, initially proposed a “cage fight” to Zuckerberg following the announcement by Meta-owned Instagram about their intentions to develop a written content-focused social networking platform to compete with Musk’s Twitter.

Zuckerberg acknowledged by improvising on Khabib Nurmagomedov’s trending dare to Conor McGregor, memeing: “Send me location.”

The creator of Facebook has recently developed a strong interest in MMA and is now actively studying the sport, alongside Dave Caramillo. Furthermore, he achieved his initial victory in a non-professional Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) competition.

Nevertheless, Musk possesses the magnitude benefit, and previously informed Joe Rogan that he possesses a background in Kyokushin martial art, taekwondo, judo, and “briefly practiced Brazilian jiu-jitsu” during his childhood.

He verified that he has now commenced training, tweeting early Tuesday that he “engaged in a rehearsal session” with podcaster Lex Fridman, a BJJ black belt.

On Monday, Fridman also posted a video of himself practicing on the mats with Zuckerberg.

Here's a highlight video of Mark Zuckerberg and I training jiu jitsu. I look forward to training with @elonmusk as well. It's inspiring to see both Elon and Mark taking on the martial arts journey. See the full video here: https://t.co/G1ubUuxILK pic.twitter.com/WsLaRiFf1o

— Lex Fridman (@lexfridman) June 25, 2023

“It’s inspiring to see both Elon and Mark taking on the martial arts journey,” the MIT scientist mentioned, and didn’t compare their skills.

However, not all individuals appear as enthusiastic – as evidenced by Maye, Musk’s mother, who tweeted Fridman last week: “Don’t encourage this match!”

Don’t encourage this match! 😠😠 https://t.co/CPbO1pITPH

— Maye Musk (@mayemusk) June 22, 2023

“Actually, I canceled the fight. I haven’t told them yet. But I will continue to say the fight is canceled, just in case…” the model tweeted, getting a response from her son with a laughing emoji.

Actually, I canceled the fight. I haven’t told them yet. But I will continue to say the fight is canceled, just in case…🤨 https://t.co/y9gg9qrnuQ

— Maye Musk (@mayemusk) June 22, 2023