“My Parents Pushed Me Really Hard” – Mark Zuckerberg, Who Took ‘Head Blows’, Reveals His Passion for the UFC to Joe Rogan

The Joe Rogan Experience podcast hosted by the veteran UFC color commentator Joe Rogan, has had some of the most notable names including – Mike Tyson, Elon Musk, Bill Burr, Kanye West, and more, as guests on the show. One latest addition to the list is the CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg.

Zukerberg and Rogan had around a three-hour-long conversation in episode #1863 of the podcast. During the conversation, the duo thoroughly discussed the Meta Platforms CEO’s work and other aspects of his life.

During the episode, Zuckerberg revealed his fascination with MMA. He also admitted that he watches UFC occasionally, despite his busy schedule. Although the Facebook CEO is always seen surfing in Hawaii, he revealed to the veteran UFC commentator that he often practices wrestling with his friends.

“After an hour or two of working out or rolling or wrestling with friends or training with different folks, it’s like you’re ready to solve all the problems for the day. I really like watching UFC for example, but I also like doing the sport. It’s because I have a connection to it. Since COVID, I got super into surfing and foiling, and then really into MMA,” Zuckerberg said. (H/T: Vice)

The Facebook CEO acknowledged MMA is a challenging sport with significant risks. He has, however, previously spoken of receiving “head blows” while riding gigantic waves.

Further on, Zuckerberg revealed how his parent pushed him into sports. “My mom made me do three varsity sports and my life took a wrong turn when I chose to do fencing competitively instead of wrestling in high school or something. Since then I’ve just introduced a bunch of my friends to it—we train together, and we like, wrestle together, and there’s a certain intensity to it that I like,” he said. 

Joe Rogan believes Mark Zuckerberg can defeat Jeff Bezos

Interestingly, the veteran UFC color commentator Rogan knew about Mark Zuckerberg’s fascination for MMA even before he came on the podcast.

In one of his appearances on the ‘This Past Weekend podcast, the 55-year-old commentator thoroughly talked about the Facebook CEO’s interest in the sport. And further on Rogan also jokingly admitted that Zuckerberg can defeat Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos.

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Rogan believes the Amazon founder, Bezos, has a good physique, but he is older than the Facebook founder. Therefore, he came to the conclusion that Zuckerberg can beat Bezos in single combat.

What are your thoughts on Rogan’s analysis of Bezos vs. Zuckerberg? What are your thoughts on Zuckerberg’s revelation? Let us know in the comments section below.

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