Dana White Loses $1 Billion Opportunity as Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg MMA Fight Sees the Green Light From Italy Government, Fans React

Ever since Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg hinted at an MMA fight between them, UFC President Dana White has been trying his level best to turn that idea into a reality. There is no doubt about how interested White is, in this one-of-a-kind billionaire MMA fight. From wearing a ‘Musk vs Zuckerberg’ T-shirt to communicating with the Italian government for a venue, White has done it all!

However, it now seems like all his efforts have gone in vain. Not because the fight is not happening, but because it is, just without the UFC’s involvement in it. This clearly means that Dana White won’t be able to cash on Musk vs Zuckerberg fight, which he believes is going to earn more than $1 billion in revenue.

Elon Musk gives colossal updates about the fight, snubbing Dana White’s involvement

Recently, Musk gave some interesting updates on his Twitter account, which is now called ‘X’. The Tesla founder revealed that his and Zuckerberg’s foundation will manage the fight, instead of the UFC. “The fight will be managed by my and Zuck’s foundations (not UFC),” he wrote. This has come as a shock to the fans, who were expecting Dana White’s deep involvement in this project.

Moreover, Musk revealed that this match-up will be streamed live on X and Meta. “Livestream will be on this platform and Meta,” he added. Further, he also revealed the venue – Rome, Italy. According to the billionaire, he has been in communication with the Italian government to book a special venue.

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“Everything in camera frame will be ancient Rome, so nothing modern at all. I spoke to the PM of Italy and Minister of Culture. They have agreed on an epic location”, he added. Hearing this, fans had some wild reactions.

Fans react to Elon Musk’s latest fight update

There was no stopping the fans when they got to know that the UFC President was out of this project. Everyone had hilarious and bold remarks to make about the unexpected news that Musk broke out.

• “Elon was never my friend -dana”
• “If it ain’t Ufc then it will suck”
• “Dana White doesn’t have Elon musk privilege”

• “Dana next post fight press conference: “this fight is total bullshit, who wants to see 2 NERDS fight? It’s a gimmick fight and that’s just not what we do here”
• “Dana was eying that $1bn revenue”
• “You know Dana was gonna pay 12k to show 12k to win cause it’s their first fight in the UFC”

Interestingly, Dana White was one of the first big names to acknowledge the possibility of Musk vs Zuckerberg happening!

• “With all due respect if this is not a UFC fight, then it’s another celebrity match”
• “Been waiting for them to say not under the ufc”
• “Imagine how big and red Dana’s head is currently expanding too”
• “You know dana white turned into dana red when he saw this.”

These developments bring up a major question for fans of the UFC. Considering the relationship Dana White has with both billionaires, why did Elon Musk decide to make such a massive decision to not let the premiere fight promotion play a role? White, surely would have brought an immense amount of experience and mastery of the game i.e. fight promotion. Clearly some fans were not happy with UFC not being involved here. But what are your opinions? Should Dana White play a major role in this MMA fight? Or is it better off without UFC’s involvement? Let us know in the comments below.

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