The CEOs of X, Inc. (that’s Elon Musk) and Meta (you know him as Mark Zuckerberg) have seemingly agreed to a cage fight. Okay. So, what do we know about it, and when’s it happening? And more importantly, if it does happen, how can you watch what will surely be an absolute sideshow of a fight? We have all the answers to these pressing questions right here.

The history of Musk vs Zuckerberg and their cage fight?

To explain the genesis of this, we must head back to 2022. In April, Elon Musk approached Twitter with an offer tobuy the social media site out. The exec is one of Twitter’s most prolific and dedicated users and had toyed with the idea of an acquisition a few times before. After a roller coaster ofwill-itsandwon’t-its, the two parties closed on the $44 billion deal inOctoberof that year.

Since taking over, the South African-born entrepreneur has taken numerous sweeping actions at the company, such as overturning usage bans on controversial people, making its verified user statusa paid privilegethat anyone who can afford it can have (making it effectively meaningless for actual user verification), andmaking its API prohibitively expensive.

In July, Meta launched a Twitter-esque platform heavily tied to Instagram calledThreads. The limited features of that platform seem to indicate how quickly the company this project came together, perhaps as a means to capitalize on the mass exodus from Twitter. Zuckerberg had attempted to buy Twitter more than a decade ago (viaTechCrunch) and has been said to have wanted the global import the site has carried for years.

But in the lead-up to that launch, rumours had been flying all over the place.

On 20 June, Musk responded to a tweet detailing some expectations for Threads, calling it an opportunity for everyone on Earth to get stuck “exclusively under Zuck’s thumb with no other options.” Another user warned the CEO to “be careful” as Zuckerberg has been training in jiu-jutsu. Musk then suggested that the two participate in a “cage match.”

Later that night, Zuckerberg posted to his Instagram story, “send me location,” tacitly agreeing to a fight using a phrase from MMA fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov that has been made into a meme.Musk immediately suggestedthat the match occur in The Octagon, a UFC-owned venue in Las Vegas. League president Dana White toldTMZ Sports (via YouTube)that he talked to both men and was willing to facilitate the fight.

Is the Zuck v. Musk fight happening?

The two sides had cooled off on talking about explicit details of the fight since the initial flurry of activity. Both have occasionally posted about their fitness measures in the intervening time. YouTuber Lex Fridman, who has previously talked with both executives for his podcast, hasposted footage of him training with Zuckerbergand implies we will see some of the same with Musk.

Another back-and-forth on August 6 got people talking about the fight again. In a series of tweets, Musk said:

Zuckerberg followed up withposts on Threadsreferring to that last tweet, saying that he had initially suggested a match date of August 26 but had not heard back from Musk’s camp on the offer. He alsojabbedat X’s position as a platform that can reliably generate donations to a charity.

Musk repliedthat he was waiting for an MRI scan of his neck and upper back to see if he would need surgery before the battle. Those results should come later this week.

How to watch Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg

All we know right now is that the fight will stream on X (formerly known as Twitter), according toa post from Musk himself. “Zuck v Musk fight will be live-streamed on 𝕏,” reads his tweet.

Unfortunately, as of publication, we don’t have a direct link to watch the fight outside knowing the platform. When we learn more, we’ll update this story, including providing a link to the fight when one becomes available. Keep this page bookmarked if you’re curious about the Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk fight.