GSP Offers To Train Musk Ahead Of Potential Fight With Zuckerberg
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By Doug Hirdle
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Summary
- Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg fight in the UFC gains momentum
- GSP offers to coach Musk and his offer is accepted
- Jonny Bones has thrown his support behind Facebook’s Zuckerberg
When UFC President Dana White announced last week that he is seriously considering putting together a fight between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, the MMA world started buzzing especially after both Musk and Zuckerberg took to Twitter to agree to fight.
Those not familiar with the UFC and Dana White might have thought it was a publicity stunt but based on recent developments, it looks like this fight between the two billionaires is very likely to take place in the Octagon.
Musk Accepts Offer To Train With Canada’s GSP
Multiple MMA fighters have thrown their support behind Musk and Zuckerberg offering to help them prepare for their upcoming fight. Canada’s Georges St-Pierre (GSP) was one of the fighters who tweeted Musk and said that he was a big fan of him and would be happy to train him.
GSP is the greatest MMA fighter that Canada has produced till date and is widely regarded as one of the top 5 GOAT’s (Greatest of All Time) in MMA history. GSP was a two division champion dominating the welterweight division for a long time before retiring. He came out of retirement to fight middleweight champion Michael Bisping at UFC 217 in 2017. GSP ended up winning but retired soon after and relinquished the title.
GSP is an astute student of the game and has trained at Canada’s Tristar gym with head coach Firas Zahabi. Both Firas and GSP have the reputation of having excellent fight IQ and their knowledge would of great help to Elon Musk. We don’t know if Musk will travel to Canada to train with GSP or if GSP will step into the USA to train Musk!
Jonny Bones Open To Working With Zuckerberg
Zuckerberg does a lot of BJJ training but will have to train other disciplines before he steps into the cage. Multiple fighters have reached out to Zuckerberg with the biggest names being current UFC heavyweight champ Jon ‘Bones’ Jones.
Jones lives in New Mexico and currently trains at Jackson under long-time coach Greg Jackson. Zuckerberg is yet to accept any coaching invitation and it will be interesting to see which MMA fighter he chooses to partner with for his fight with Musk!
