By Victor Kanayo
Mixed martial arts champion Israel Adesanya has revealed his training with US tech billionaire Mark Zuckerberg.
This was revealed via his social media handle.
In a short post, Adesanya while unleashing photos of the duo training together. wrote, “We both have South Africans to deal with.”
It comes ahead of a potential cage match between the boss of Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, and his rival Elon Musk – the South African-born entrepreneur who now heads Twitter.
The 33-year-old fighter, who moved to New Zealand as a child, is scheduled to take on South African Dricus du Plessis in a Ultimate Fighting Championship (middleweight fight in September.
Adesanya travelled to Zuckerberg’s residence in northern California on Saturday to start their training sessions, according to media reports.
Mr Zuckerberg, 39, and Mr Musk, 52, agreed to their cage bout over social media last month.
The date of the fight is yet to be confirmed but the pair are currently embroiled in another fight with Meta launching an alternative to Twitter last week.
Zuckerberg took up mixed martial arts and Brazilian jiu-jitsu in 2022.
The MMA Junkie website said Zuckerberg, who had tape around his wrists, looked “shredded’’ after the workout with Adesanya and Volkanovski.
