Quebec native Georges St-Pierre may have retired from mixed martial arts four years ago, but that doesn’t stop him from following the news of his sport closely and even offering to help when the time comes, as he did when he was big Boss will do Twitter, Elon Musk, who wants to face his Facebook opponent Mark Zuckerberg.
Musk has thus accepted the proposal of “GSP”, who wants to monitor his training in view of the long-awaited fight that will take place in the Octagon, possibly in Las Vegas, on a date to be determined.
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On Saturday, the former world champion challenged the 50-year-old directly on his social network.
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“I’m one of your big supporters and would be honored to help by serving as your practice partner for your match against Zuckerberg,” St-Pierre wrote.
Ok, let’s do it 🔥🔥
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 27, 2023
The relatively simple answer came a few hours later: “Perfect, let’s do it,” Musk said, accompanying his writing with two fire emojis.
He challenged Meta’s CEO after Instagram — under that company’s auspices — hinted it might build a platform to compete with Twitter.
Additionally, Zuckerberg recently trained alongside Dave Camarillo and even won a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament.
Also, a video surfaced Monday showing him playing a round against podcast host Lex Fridman, who holds a black belt in the specialty.