Is Elon Musk Trained in BJJ? Everything You Need to Know About the Billionaire’s Martial Arts Background Ahead of the Proposed Mark Zuckerberg MMA Fight.

The coveted fight between the tech billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk is gaining prominence with the passing of every moment now. However, fight fans still might have a number of doubts related to this billion-dollar bout. Most of them might be well aware of the Meta CEO Zuckerberg’s prowess in combat sports. A few weeks back, ‘Zuck’ even went on to secure one gold and one silver medal in a California-based Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament.

A large chunk of fans also knows that it was the Twitter CEO, Musk, who had initiated the talks about this coveted bout. He was amid a Twitter stroll when he replied to one of his fans stating that he wanted to lock horns with ‘Zuck’ in a “cage fight”. Looking at all of this, numerous enthusiasts might be wondering why exactly did Musk want to fight someone like Zuckerberg, whose combat sports prowess was probably way better than himself.

But, with the UFC supremo, Dana White, recently revealing that Musk had trained in martial arts, most fans will probably want to know more about the ‘SpaceX CEO’s’ background in martial arts. So let’s dive in to know some more about Elon Musk’s martial arts background.

Does Elon Musk know martial arts?

Well, if we take the UFC supremo Dana White’s recent words, then Musk is also “trained in martial arts too” like his billionaire opponent, Zuckerberg. It also may be said that White actually had some substantial backing behind his words.

Most UFC fans know that the noted color commentator of the promotion, Joe Rogan, also hosts his own podcast named ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’. ‘JRE’ may boast having the most influential guests of today’s era on their sets, which also include the ‘SpaceX CEO’. It was during his second appearance in ‘JRE’ (episode #1470) when Musk himself revealed that he had trained in martial arts in his years of adolescence.

Elon Musk Trained in Martial Arts as a Child!

Apart from the revelation, the Twitter head honcho also detailed the different forms of martial arts he had trained in. Talking to the ‘JRE’ host Rogan, Musk disclosed that he had trained in judo, kyokushin karate, and taekwondo while he was a kid.

In the same ‘JRE’ appearance, Musk also revealed that he has been sending his kids for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training since they were just six years of age. Hence, it may be said that Musk had an affinity towards combat sports since his childhood and has passed it on to his own kids as well.

Elon Musk knows Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Reports suggest that Musk had trained briefly in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu as well after he discontinued his childhood training. The ’51-year-old’ also revealed the same in his second ‘JRE’ appearance while talking to Rogan.

After disclosing all other martial arts disciplines that he had trained in, Musk stated, “and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu”. This declaration had Rogan in a bit of shock as he questioned Musk, “Where did you[take your BJJ training from]?”. The Twitter CEO replied, “in Palo Alto”.

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The ones underestimating Musk’s martial arts skills due to their own ignorance might receive a significant shock after knowing all of this.

Dana White reveals Elon Musk’s fighting experience

The UFC head honcho, Dana White, got right into his promoter mode after this fight between the billionaires was proposed. White made quite remarkable efforts to get the fight arranged inside the UFC Octagon. In the process, he also dialed up Musk and had a word with him about whether he really wanted to fight.

It was within this call that White got to know about Musk’s martial arts background. He also revealed that Musk had a considerable experience of fighting. After his words with the ‘Twitter CEO’, White appeared on the noted American sports analyst, Pat McAfee’s YouTube video. The UFC head honcho also quoted what Musk had revealed to him about his fighting experience. White stated, “He[Musk] says, ‘You know, I grew up in South Africa. I’ve been in a lot of fights. It’s not like I haven’t fought before.”

Well, after knowing all of this, a lot of fans might feel that winning the bout won’t be as easy for ‘Zuck’ as they had presumed.

Elon Musk once challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin “to single combat”

Although Musk had his martial arts training in his childhood years and only a short span of BJJ training after that, he probably has supreme confidence in his combat skills. A lot of fans might know that this isn’t the first time he’s challenging a celebrity to a fight. Musk had even expressed his desire to take on the Russian President in a single combat.

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Probably, The SpaceX CEO was annoyed by the atrocities of the Russian soldiers on the Ukrainians in the initial stages of the infamous war between the two mentioned nations. He thereby decided to take things into his own hand and opted to humiliate the ‘powerful’ Russian President, Vladimir Putin, defeating him in a single combat bout.

Musk also put out a tweet challenging the Russian President for the same on 14 May 2022.

But the proposed bout between these two never materialized due to a lack of reply from the Russian Head-Of-State.

Well, now the large chunk of fans underestimating Musk and predicting a smooth win for ‘Zuck’ in the bout might believe that it isn’t going to be as easy as they had predicted. Also, now that the Twitter CEO’s martial arts background has been revealed. It will be really exciting to watch if his age-old martial arts training suffices to get him a win over the recently BJJ tournament-winning rival, Zuckerberg.