{"id":180023,"date":"2023-08-11T10:17:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T14:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=180023"},"modified":"2023-08-11T10:18:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T14:18:35","slug":"musk-versus-zuckerberg-fight-will-take-place-in-italy-at-epic-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=180023","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Musk Versus Zuckerberg Fight Will Take Place In Italy &#8220;At Epic Location&#8221;<\/span><\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>After Elon Musk wrote on &#8220;X&#8221; &#8212; formerly known as Twitter, last\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/lets-get-ready-rumble-musk-says-cage-fight-zuckerberg-will-be-live-streamed-twitter-x\">Sunday that he will be fighting<\/a>\u00a0his arch-nemesis Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, in a mixed martial arts cage match, the internet was excited &#8212; then one day later, upset that the billionaire said, &#8220;Exact date is still in flux. I&#8217;m getting an MRI of my neck &amp; upper back tomorrow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then on Tuesday, hopes of the fight faded when Musk responded to Chris Anderson, host of TED Talks,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/technology\/brain-battle-elon-musk-open-cage-match-debate-mark-zuckerberg\">agreeing that a &#8216;battle of brains&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0in a &#8220;cage match-style debate&#8221; would be more &#8220;noble.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a rollercoaster of emotions this week, the internet is cheering once again the fight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2023-08-06_10-00-24.jpg?itok=J-Xcm7Sb\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2023-08-06_10-00-24.jpg?itok=J-Xcm7Sb\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2023-08-06_10-00-24.jpg?itok=J-Xcm7Sb\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"608\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"53af96ca-a565-49dd-bfe4-5be5ce4743a1\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Friday morning, Musk tweeted, &#8220;I spent 3 hours in an MRI machine on Monday. Bottom line is that my C5\/C6 fusion is solid, so not an issue.&#8221; He added, &#8220;However, there is a problem with my right shoulder blade rubbing against my ribs, which requires minor surgery. Recovery will only take a few months.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Musk said the fight will be &#8220;managed by my and Zuck&#8217;s foundations (not UFC).&#8221; And live streaming of the event will be hosted on X and Meta platforms. He said, &#8220;Everything in camera frame will be ancient Rome, so nothing modern at all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1688463360281677824&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Ftechnology%2Fmusk-versus-zuckerberg-fight-will-take-place-italy-epic-location&amp;sessionId=b3d9e3ffe2e6272d9a6c276f0a51f6e0f54ceac6&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=aaf4084522e3a%3A1674595607486&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1688463360281677824\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Musk said he &#8220;spoke to the PM of Italy and Minister of Culture. 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