2023-06-25 18:00:00
The secret story of a martial arts confrontation by agreeing to a war of nerves over new meta social media, ‘Hyeonpi’
If the notice of a sudden fistfight between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platform (Facebook’s parent company) comes true, it is predicted that it will be the biggest box office hit in the history of martial arts.
On the 23rd (local time), the US CNBC broadcast reported that if Musk and Zuckerberg face off in the mixed martial arts UFC Octagon (octagon stadium), box office revenue will increase when predicted at a per-capita pay-per-view (PPV) price of $100 (approximately 125,000 won). It is analyzed that it will reach 1 billion dollars (approximately 1.312 trillion won). This far exceeds $600 million in revenue during the boxing match between boxer Floyd Mayweather and UFC fighter Conor McGregor in 2017, which is currently the biggest box office match in martial arts.
The war of words between the two billionaires, which even escalated into a martial arts showdown, began on the 21st when a Twitter user tweeted a question regarding a social media ‘thread’ that was soon to be released in Meta, saying, “Will it become a rival of Twitter?” When Musk posted a sarcastic post saying, “I’m scared to death,” Zuckerberg responded on Instagram with “Send the location,” and Musk replied, “Las Vegas Octagon.” It’s like we agreed on ‘hyeonpi’ (fighting in cyberspace and then actually meeting and fighting) in our game term.
Regarding whether the confrontation might happen, UFC President Dana White said in an interview with TMZ Sports on the 22nd, “Zuckerberg called (to me) and asked if Musk was serious.” “(I asked Musk) Musk is ‘serious’ I replied,” he said.
Zuckerberg is a Brazilian jujutsu jiu-jitsu practitioner who won a gold medal in an event last month. On a podcast that Musk also did, he said, “I learned judo, karate, and taekwondo when I was young, and recently started doing jiu-jitsu.”
Reporter Kim Soo-hyun newsoo@donga.com
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