Elon Musk says he'd fight Mark Zuckerberg 'any place, any time, any rules'

Elon Musk has once again stated his readiness to physically fight  Mark Zuckerberg, roughly one year after their initial plans to face off in a "cage match" fell apart. 

The tech billionaire reignited the rivalry during a trip to Capitol Hill on Wednesday, where he attended Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress. 

When asked about a potential match, Musk responded, "I’ll fight Zuckerberg any place, any time, any rules."

Zuckerberg dismissed Musk’s remarks with a Threads post: "Are we really doing this again?" 

The possibility of an actual brawl between Musk and Zuckerberg dates back to last June, when the two billionaires were trading verbal blows after Zuckerberg announced the launch of Threads, a direct competitor to Musk’s X. 

Musk, who once posted a photo of himself squaring off against a sumo wrestler, responded by challenging Zuckerberg to a cage match. 

Zuckerberg, a mixed martial arts enthusiast and Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner, accepted the challenge, telling Musk to "send me location."

Negotiations for a charity match seemed advanced, with Musk declaring that the event would be live-streamed on X. 

Podcaster and AI researcher Lex Fridman, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, even tweeted photos of himself training with Musk ahead of the bout. 

However, the anticipated cage match fell apart by last August, when Musk revealed he might need surgery for a back injury sustained during his sumo wrestler showdown eight years earlier. Frustrated with the delays, Zuckerberg stated, "we can all agree Elon isn’t serious and it’s time to move on."

Zuckerberg had proposed a specific date for the match, and UFC President Dana White had offered to make it a "legit competition," but Musk did not confirm.

"Elon won’t confirm a date, then says he needs surgery, and now asks to do a practice round in my backyard instead," Zuckerberg wrote last August. 

"If Elon ever gets serious about a real date and official event, he knows how to reach me."

Last year, the Wall Street Journal reported that Musk and Zuckerberg had engaged in a "simmering feud for years" behind the scenes, occasionally spilling out in public.