Elon Musk calls Mark Zuckerberg a 'chicken' after Meta founder suggests 'passing' fight

Elon Musk fires back at Mark Zuckerberg after founder calls for 'passing' fight with the X /owner.

Musk and Zuckerberg had agreed to a match that would be broadcast on their respective social media platforms but without date has never been accepted by billionaires. Tired of waiting, Zuckerberg released a statement saying it was time to forget about their cage fight.

Following Zuckerberg's statement, Musk turned to X, the media platform social networks formerly known as Twitter, to throw a few punches at their opponent.

"Zuck is a chicken," Musk posted.

In another post where an X user suggested that Zuckerberg was "trying to chicken out" in the fight against Musk, the latter replied: "He can't eat at chic fil a because it would be cannibalism."

In response to another user, Musk added, "I can't wait to knock on his door tomorrow."< /p>

Zuckerberg took to Threads earlier today to call out Musk, saying, "I think that we can all agree that Elon isn't it's not serious and it's time to move on I offered a real date Dana White offered to make it a legit contest for charity. Elon won't confirm a date, then says he needs surgery, and now asks to do a practice round in my backyard instead."

He continued, "If Elon gets serious about a real date and an official event, he knows how to join me. If not, it's time to move on. I'm going to focus on competing with people who take the sport seriously."

Zuckerberg was referring to a text exchange he had with Musk where the Tesla owner said suggested they do a "combat practice" beforehand.

"If you still want to do a real MMA fight, then you should train by yourself and let I know when you're ready to compete," Zuckerberg responded to Musk's suggestion. "I don't want to keep hype about something that's never gonna happen, so you should either decide you're going to do it and do it soon, or we should move on."

Musk told Zuckerberg he would be in Palo Alto on Monday and offered to "fight in [ Zuckerberg's] Octagon," adding, "I haven't practiced much, other than a brief fight with Lex Fridman today. While I think it's very...