The Gladiators: Elon Musk Says His Much-Anticipated Cage Fight With Mark Zuckerberg Will Be at ‘Ancient Rome’

‘Everything in camera frame will be ancient Rome, so nothing modern at all,’ billionaire Elon Musk says. ‘I spoke to the PM of Italy and Minister of Culture. They have agreed on an epic location.’

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The Colosseum on August 10, 2021 at Rome. Antonio Masiello/Getty Images

In a spectacle not seen since Commodus entered the arena, billionaire Elon Musk is promising that the venue of his much hyped “cage fight” against Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg will be at “ancient Rome.”

Messrs. Musk and Zuckerberg have apparently been hurtling towards an Ultimate Fighting Championship style competition since the two playfully made public enemies of one another over their competing social media platforms, X, formerly known as Twitter, and Threads.

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