Mark Zuckerberg insists recovery from knee surgery is ‘going well’ as Facebook founder and MMA enthusiast eyes September return to the cage after toying with the idea of fighting rival Elon Musk
- Zuckerberg is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu enthusiast and one of the richest men in the world
- He and Musk considered an MMA cage match, but never reached a deal
- READ MORE: Meta's Mark Zuckerberg tears his ACL during MMA training
Dressed in a T-shirt that read “Just A Scratch,” amateur mixed martial artist Mark Zuckerberg updated the masses on his encouraging recovery from last month's knee surgery.
“Recovery is going well so far,” the Facebook founder wrote in an Instagram post alongside a photo of himself in shorts with a compression sleeve wrapped around his surgically repaired left leg.
Zuckerberg, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu enthusiast and one of the world's richest men, tore his ACL in November, revealing at the time that he was training for “competitive MMA” against an unnamed opponent. Those plans – including the rumored billionaire fight with X's Elon Musk – have now been put on hold indefinitely.
“Thank you for all the love and support,” Zuckerberg continued. “Full ACL rehab will take ~9 months before I can fight again.
'I can already walk and cycle. Working on running for the next few months. Then full leg strength. Taking the time to get this right and come back stronger.”
On Instagram, Zuckerberg updated the masses on his recovery from last month's knee surgery
Zuckerberg, a jiu-jitsu enthusiast and one of the richest men in the world, tore his ACL in November
Musk will attend Atreju 2023, the conservative political festival, on December 16 in Rome
Zuckerberg is seen after surgery in early November. He tore the cruciate ligament in his left knee
Prior to his injury, Zuckerberg had entertained thoughts of taking on Musk, his social media rival and Tesla founder, but the two failed to reach an agreement and negotiations devolved into finger-pointing and posturing.
Musk appeared on Joe Rogan's podcast in November and said he would fight Zuckerberg “anytime, anywhere,” only if the Harvard dropout and Meta CEO got hurt.
Even UFC boss Dana White offered to build a fight card around a Musk-Zuckerberg main event, saying they could do between “20 and 25 (million pay-per-view buys)” and raise almost $1 billion could generate.
The current record for most pay-per-view buys was set by boxers Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao in 2015, when 4.6 million people tuned in to see their fight.