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- Mark Zuckerberg is taking his MMA obsession to another level by building an octagon in his backyard.
- But his wife, Priscilla Chan, didn't appear to be too happy in a WhatsApp conversation he shared.
- "I have been working on that grass for two years," Chan responded to one of his messages.
Mark Zuckerberg has built an octagon fighting ring in his backyard, but his wife, Priscilla Chan, doesn't seem thrilled.
The Meta CEO shared a WhatsApp message exchange between the couple in an Instagram post on Wednesday, in which he asked: "Did you see the octagon I put in the backyard?"
"Yes, I saw it," she responded.
To which Zuckerberg said: "It looks awesome," and then added: "We have plenty of yard space!"
But Chan appeared to disagree and bluntly responded: "I have been working on that grass for two years."
Zuckerberg posted the exchange alongside a poll with the question: "What's the Play?" with the options "Keep the octagon" or "Save the grass."
You can see the text exchange here. An Octagon is an eight-sided fighting cage typically used for MMA fights.
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The 39-year-old has been competing in — and winning — multiple jiu-jitsu tournaments and has been coached by some of the sport's biggest pros, including the Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Dave Camarillo.
Zuckerberg has also previously expressed interest in fighting Elon Musk after the billionaire owner of X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, joked in June that he would be "up for a cage match" to settle their 7-year-old beef in the ring.
Then Zuckerberg responded to Musk's challenge by writing three words on an Instagram Story: "Send Me Location."
In July, Musk tweeted: "Zuck is cuck. I propose a literal dick-measuring contest."
But a recent transcript of an internal meeting at Meta obtained by Gizmodo suggests that Zuckerberg might have changed his mind, seeming less keen on a fight with his tech-world nemesis.
When asked by an employee whether the cage match would go on, Zuckerberg responded: "I don't know. I don't have any kind of official update on this."
"I mean, as you all know, I love fighting. I would love to do an MMA competition at some point. I wasn't expecting this to be the one that I did. I'm not sure if it's going to come together, but I just think that it's a great sport overall," he added.