- In June 2023, Ilon Musk challenged Mark Zuckerberg.
- The media claimed that the fight would definitely take place, with the UFC president allegedly involved in its organization.Against this backdrop, several betting positions have appeared on the Polymarket platform with bets on the victory of this or that participant.
On the sweepstakes platform Polymarket the topic of the fight of the owner of X (formerly Twitter) Ilon Musk against the CEO of Meta Mark Zuckerberg is gaining popularity. For one position, users have already contributed more than $380,000.
This bet expires Aug. 31, 2023. That said, Zuckerberg’s odds are better, according to the platform’s prediction:
Users are also placing bets on whether the fight will take place in 2023 at all and whether Zuckerberg will be able to knock out Musk.
What is known about this fight as of this writing?
In late June 2023, Ilon Musk said he was ready to face Zuckerberg “in the cage”. Meta’s CEO responded by suggesting that his rival “send a geolocation,” as noted by Verge editor Alex Heath.
In comments to TMZSports, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White noted that both sides of the dispute are more than serious.
In early July 2023, the NYT, citing its sources, said that negotiations to make the fight happen were nearly complete.
But later that month, Reuters, citing a recording of internal talks between Meta executives, noted that the chances of an actual fight were slim.
On Aug. 6, Ilon Musk reignited audience interest in the event by announcing that the fight would be broadcast on the X platform. With all profits going to help veterans.
In response, Zuckerberg suggested a date for the bout – Aug. 26. But Musk hasn’t commented on it in any way. As a result, CEO Meta said the X owner is not serious and it’s time for both of them to move on.
The feud between the two heads of tech companies
The rivalry between Musk and Zuckerberg began back in 2014, as the NYT noted. The Tesla CEO has publicly criticized Meta’s commercial products and also expressed doubts about the competence of the company’s CEO.
The feud between the two had been going on for some time, but after Musk’s purchase of the social network Twitter, the conflict only escalated. As a result, the platform owner threatened Zuckerberg with a plagiarism lawsuit following the release of the Threads app.
Other high-profile bets on Polymarket
It’s not the first time users of the platform have bet on high-profile events. Earlier, they organized a totalizoator on whether the wreckage of the Titan bathyscaphe could be found, and whether nuclear war happened.
Reminder, Incrypted’s YouTube channel has a video about Ilon Musk:
Our team also prepared a video in a similar format about Mark Zuckerberg.