Mark Zuckerberg is serious about mixed martial arts. So serious, in fact, that Meta investors have been warned the Facebook founder could possibly die or be incapacitated by the sport.
We’ve watched with growing interest as Zuck has gone from a flailing white belt in BJJ to a shredded blue belt tapping the competition (occasionally) in jiu-jitsu tournaments. He earned himself even more street cred when he did the most MMA thing ever, blowing out his ACL in sparring. That was in November of 2023 and probably prompted the legal team at Meta to upgrade his training from ‘hobby’ to ‘risk factor.’
The latest 10-K filing for the massive tech company stated “The loss of one or more of our key personnel, or our failure to attract and retain other highly qualified personnel in the future, could harm our business.”
Irish MMA fighter Ryan Curtis suffered a broken back, broken neck, and a dislocated spine in training. In Canada, a young man named Lei Zhenhuan suffered a traumatic brain bleed competing in an amateur kickboxing tournament. So you never really know when s— is gonna get very real.
Zuckerberg joked about the note in the 10-K on his X (formerly Twitter) clone Threads, writing “High risk = high reward.”
eventually falling apart.
“If Elon ever gets serious about a real date and official event, he knows how to reach me,” Zuckerberg stated at the time. “Otherwise, time to move on. I’m going to focus on competing with people who take the sport seriously.”
“Zuck is a chicken,” Musk replied.
At least Facebook investors won’t have to worry about Zuckerberg suffering any serious burns if he does end up fighting the Tesla and SpaceX CEO.
