Is the Meta CEO Cool Again? ...{Can we please delete that word from our vocabulary once-and-for-all?)

 

'BEAST!' 

Mark Zuckerberg shows off ripped physique while training with UFC fighters as fans warn Elon Musk ‘you’re in trouble’

• Anthony Wood

• Published: 17:32 ET, Jul 11 2023
• Updated: 0:06 ET, Jul 12 2023

• META boss Mark Zuckerberg has shown off his ripped physique ahead of a rumored cage fight against Twitter owner Elon Musk.

  The 39-year-old billionaire CEO and co-founder of Meta Platforms looks fit and strong in a new photo alongside UFC stars Israel Adesanya and Alex Volkanvski.

  

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  Mark Zuckerberg was pictured alongside UFC stars Israel Adesanya and Alex Volkanvski as rumors about a possible cage fight against Elon Musk continue to swirlCredit: Twitter / Israel Adesanya

  

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  Musk, 52, recently challenged Zuckerberg to a match-up  Credit: Getty

  The stars joined Zuckerberg at his home in Lake Tahoe, California for a workout session.

  Adesanya shared a trio of snaps on Twitter of the three together with the caption: "No fugazi with Mark" along with "This is Serious Business‼️"

  Zuckerberg responded by commenting: "It's an honor to train with you guys!"

  In response, Volkanvski called Zuckerberg "a beast!" adding "Always great to catch up."

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  Meanwhile, fans were equally keen to compliment Zuckerberg, with one calling him "lowkey ripped"
  Another said: "Elon's getting Zuckerpunched into orbit faster than one of his little toy rockets"
  As one commented: "Zuck would destroy Musk."
  Zuckerberg's admiration for the fighters comes as no surprise given he is a keen Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fighter himself and has been open about his fandom for the UFC in the past.
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New Mark Zuckerberg Dropped

The tech CEO is trolling Elon Musk and posing shirtless with UFC champions. Why?

CHARLIE WARZEL

TECHNOLOGY

Mark Zuckerberg Has Undergone a System Update

The tech CEO is trolling Elon Musk and posing shirtless with UFC champions. Why?

By Charlie Warzel

Photo-Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty.

JULY 12, 2023, 1:34 PM ET

"Mark Zuckerberg is having a nice summer. By his own account, he’s in great shape, owing to a fondness for mixed martial arts and a propensity for doing calisthenics while wearing a camo-print weighted vest. He has recently welcomed a new daughter to the world; placed in jiu-jitsu competitions; appeared sweaty and shirtless with the UFC champion, Alexander Volkanovski; and enjoyed the attention from engaging in some light trolling of Elon Musk. Zuckerberg’s also been busy at work: On Monday, he boasted that it took only a few days for more than 100 million shiny influencers, anthropomorphized brands, and regular humans to sign up for Threads, his company’s new Twitter clone. As with any acquaintance in your Instagram feed who starts posting more workout selfies, one gets a sense that the tech billionaire is feeling himself right now.
All this peacocking is yielding distressing results: This weekend, real, non-AI-generated people in my social feeds were discussing Zuck’s bod and his potentially rising Q score with genuine interest and openly rooting for the Meta CEO’s success. The Wall Street Journal ran an article noting that the Meta CEO might be “cool again.” A colleague recently suggested to me that we might be experiencing a hot Zuck summer, a phrase that caused me to briefly lose consciousness. Respectfully, what is going on here?