Elon Musk Thais taken the cage match he posed to Mark Zuckerberg seriously and was quick to find himself a trainer to prepare for the fight. The Twitter owner’s trainer for his fight against the Meta CEO will be none other than Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) star Georges St-Pierre, who sent him the following tweet offering Musk to be his personal trainer:
@elonmusk I'm a huge fan of yours and it would be an absolute honor to help you and be your training partner for the challenge against Zuckerberg 👊😁
— Georges St-Pierre (@GeorgesStPierre) June 24, 2023
The tycoon was quick to agree and with an "Ok, let's do it," Musk already had an expert martial arts trainer. He assured his new trainer that he had already started preparing for the fight. He claimed he did a practice round with podcaster Lex Fridman:
Did a practice round tonight with @lexfridman
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 27, 2023
The podcaster soon got into the game and claimed he was looking forward to training alongside Elon Musk and St-Pierre. It did not stop there. Less than 24 hours later, Fridman shared a tweet in which he was seen wrestling with Elon Musk and dedicated the following message of support to him:
I did an impromptu training session with @elonmusk for a few hours yesterday. I'm extremely impressed with his strength, power, and skill, on the feet and on the ground. It was epic. It's really inspiring to see Elon and Mark doing martial arts, but I think the world is served… pic.twitter.com/cq00A9Xnmw
— Lex Fridman (@lexfridman) June 27, 2023