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Mark Zuckerberg Makes Waves Again, Sparring on a Barge and Charting a Course for the Future of AI

The Instagram video showed the Meta chief trading strikes and takedowns with the UFC fighter before both ended up in the lake.

  • On Sunday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg sparred with UFC bantamweight contender Merab Dvalishvili on a floating barge at Lake Tahoe, exchanging punches and kicks during a full-contact session.
  • Zuckerberg has trained in jiu-jitsu three to four times weekly since the COVID-19 pandemic and previously sparred with UFC champions Alexander Volkanovski and Israel Adesanya nearly three years ago on the same barge.
  • During the session, Zuckerberg's wife, Priscilla Chan, paddled past on a kayak, and Zuckerberg told her Dvalishvili insisted he go shirtless 'because it looks more fighter,' while drone shots captured takedowns set to 'Can't Hold Us' by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.
  • Zuckerberg captioned the Instagram video 'Back on the barge with @merab.dvalishvili. Round 2,' drawing praise from former UFC champion Jon Jones, who commented 'Wow, you look great Zucky. Can definitely tell you've been grinding.'
  • Meta's financial filings warn that participation in high-risk activities like combat sports 'carry the risk of serious injury and death'; Zuckerberg tore his ACL while sparring in 2023, underscoring the danger for the boss of a $1.5 trillion company.
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Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, has once again starred on social media following the broadcast of a video of him where he has shared a sparring session with former UFC champion and friend of Ilia Topuria, Merab Dvalishvili. Meta founder and former champion have shared a training session ... Continue reading "Mark Zuckerberg's viral video: fights with a former UFC champion in the middle of a lake"

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