San Francisco, June 22: Twitter owner Elon Musk recently tweeted that he would be "up for a cage match" with Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

In response, the CEO of Meta posted a screenshot of Musk's tweet with the caption "Send me location." Elon Musk Backs Joe Rogan’s $100K Debate Challenge to Vaccine Scientist After Robert F Kennedy Jr Podcast.

Mark Zuckerberg Accepts Elon Musk's Cage Fight Challenge

It all started on Wednesday when Musk replied to a tweet about the news that Meta will release a Twitter competitor.

"I'm sure Earth can't wait to be exclusively under Zuck's thumb with no other options. At least it will be 'sane'. Was worried there for a moment," Musk said.

To this, a user replied, "Better be careful @elonmusk I heard he does the ju-jitsu now." "I'm up for a cage match if he is lol," the Twitter owner replied.

Then, on Thursday, Zuckerberg posted a screenshot of Musk's tweet on his Instagram story with the caption, "Send me location."

Later, a user posted a screenshot of Zuckerberg's story on Twitter, to which Musk replied, "If this is for real, I will do it."

"This would be hilarious," Musk responded to another user who posted about the cage fight. Earlier this month, Twitter-owner had posted, "Zuck my *tongue emoji*"

In March, Musk had mocked Meta for planning to launch a dedicated Twitter-like social media application and called it a "copycat". Tesla Software Hacker Finds Secret ‘Elon Mode’ for Hands-Free Driving in Tesla EVs.

Back in 2017, Tesla CEO hit back at Zuckerberg, saying that the Meta CEO's understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) is 'limited'.

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