UFC followers had been left wincing after Mark Zuckerberg was concerned in a painfully ‘awkward’ encounter on his technique to the ring.
The Facebook founder accompanied Alex Volkanovski for his match with Ilia Topuria on Saturday evening on the Honda Centre in California, earlier than Volkanovski tried to defend his featherweight title. Moments, earlier than the fighters entered the cage, one particular person on X (previously Twitter), thought they seen Zuckerberg “awkwardly attempting a handshake” with a kitman.
The Meta boss was left hanging and painfully stared into the gap. “I’ve never witnessed someone try so hard to be human” wrote one amused X person.
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Someone else chimed: “Trying laborious to be regular. Oh the struggles of a Billionaire. Mark is an efficient chap.” Others tried to explain Zuckerberg’s weird behaviour, with one writing: “He do not just like the highlight, I guess he is all up in his head on this second. ‘Am I standing accurately? Is the digicam on me? Am I supposed to assist? What do I do?'”
Things turned from bad to worse for Zuckerberg after his mate Volkanovski got floored by Topuria in the second round, ending his reign of five title defences over four years.
Discussing his resolution to have Zuckerberg stroll to the cage with him, Volkanovski stated: “He was coming to watch and everybody knows that I’m mates with him and I chat to him regularly. I said ‘I’d love to have you walk out with me’.
“And he stated ‘As long as it doesn’t get in your manner’ and naturally it didn’t. It was one thing completely different.”
This comes after Zuckerberg skilled alongside Volkanovski and former UFC champion Israel Adesanya final yr amid rumours of a possible cage match with Elon Musk.
Musk, who took management of X in October 2023, tweeted that he was ‘up for a cage battle’ with Zuckerberg. In response the Meta boss appeared to comply with take up the problem by screenshotting Musk’s tweet and replying: ‘send me the location’.
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