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Andrew Tate offers Elon Musk kickboxing training ahead of ‘cage fight’ against Zuckerberg: ‘You will not lose’

Accused rapist Andrew Tate offered Thursday to give Elon Musk a few pointers in his upcoming battle of the billionaires against Mark Zuckerberg.

Tate — who won two light-heavyweight kickboxing champion titles in the years before he was charged with operating a sex trafficking business — apparently offered his tutelage for an opportunity to exact revenge on the Facebook founder.

“Meta banned me everywhere for telling the truth about vaccines. But now we can restore honour with a strike at the enemy clans leader,” Tate wrote on Twitter.

“I will train you @elonmusk. You will not lose.”

Tate, a social media influencer who speaks openly about his self-described misogynist views, was booted from Meta’s platforms in August due to violations of Meta’s policies on dangerous organizations and individuals.

The Twitter CEO challenged Zuckerberg — who recently won his first amateur Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament — to a “cage match” after Meta-owned Instagram reported plans to build a text-based social media platform to rival Twitter.

Zuckerberg took to his own platform Instagram to accept Musk’s challenge, replying: “Send Me Location.”

The wealthy innovators have reportedly stewed on a years-long rivalry that played behind closed doors in the years leading up to the upcoming battle.

As of Friday, Musk did not respond to Tate’s proposal.

The American-born Brit has been under house arrest since March 31 when he and his brother, Tristan Tate, were released from a Bucharest jail after three months.

They are both under a criminal investigation over allegations they committed abuse against seven women. Each brother faces charges of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.

Prosecutors allege the brothers recruited their victims by seducing them and falsely claiming to want a relationship or marriage before forcing them to create pornographic content that the Tates then profited from.

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Billionaire cage fight: Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg arrange combat

Sydney | What happens when two maladjusted billionaires tire of proving themselves by buying up the business world, wreaking havoc with their social networks, creating metaverses to rule over and building space rockets to colonise the universe? Well, they have a good old-fashioned fight of course.

In a development that is, at once the most ludicrous story you will read on The Australian Financial Review all year, and at the same time strangely unsurprising ... Facebook supremo Mark Zuckerberg and tech behemoth Elon Musk have called each other out for a cage fighting match-up, which Mr Musk wants to hold in Las Vegas.

In what started as a joke response by Mr Musk in a Twitter discussion about Facebook’s plan to compete directly with Twitter on Wednesday, where he wrote “I’m up for a cage match if he is lol,” ... the ridiculous inability to admit to not being a tough guy has spiralled into a surreal situation where they will actually climb into a ring together if neither of them backs down.

Mr Zuckerberg’s Instagram feed is currently led by a video of him rolling round doing jiu jitsu with a world champion fly weight, and he posted on his own account that Mr Musk should “Send me location,” for a fight.

Egged on by followers and US reporters to respond, Mr Musk posted on Twitter on Thursday that “If this is for real I will do it,” which led to the embarrassing spectacle now looming as a reality.

“The story speaks for itself,” Meta spokeswoman Iska Saric told US tech news website The Verge.

As it stands, Mr Musk has Tweeted that the fight should happen at the Vegas Octagon, where UFC fights often occur.

“I have this great move that I call “The Walrus”, where I just lie on top of my opponent & do nothing,” he tweeted.

Tesla’s Australian chairwoman, Robyn Denholm, has not been contacted to ask what she thinks of her CEO climbing into the ring for a brawl, because honestly, what could she possibly say?

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Logan Paul @LoganPaul and KSI @KSI will fight on the same card together. The rivals-turned-Prime business partners will headline a DAZN pay-per-view card on October 14 in Manchester. KSI via Instagram: The PRIME card is here! "We will both fight on the same night for the first time since our rematch in 2019, live on DAZN @DAZNBoxing PPV. Opponents will be announced soon."

Mams Taylor, KSI's manager, commented: "The most epic card in history incoming. Guaranteed!" KSI, 30, drew with Paul, 28, in 2018 before winning the rematch a year later by split-decision when they turned pro.

Paul is also signed to the world's largest/leading pro wrestling promotion, the WWE @WWE and has been able to showcase his energy drink Prime @PrimeHydrate a number of times as part of his pro wrestling/sports entertainment deal.

The WWE used to have PPV (Pay-Per-View) events but over the past few years migrated over to a PLE (Premium Live Event) and streaming service model, originally the WWE Network @WWENetwork , before many countries got the service and the former PPV's via a local media company. In Australia for example what was previously WWE Network content moved over to Binge @binge . Are you following us still?!

Streaming service lingo also included OTT (Over the top), the service - not the movies and docos of the same name. Media Man wishes Paul, KSI and their boxing squad well in their upcoming bouts.

The Media Man Group is currently increasing its streaming, PPV and combat sports coverage as the industry continues to be disrupted, with modest zine media firms such as MMA also doing some of the disrupting! As Aussie MMA (UFC @ufc ) living legend Volk told us during the week via a live mic, "what an exciting time"..(to be in the UFC), but the statement also holds much truth for the overall state of fighting sports as each fight promotion continues to carve our their own niche. The gloves are just about off in the world of fight promotions, but rivals still show respect for competing outfits, as well they might, as fighters are known to change "mobs" and promoters from time to time. Logan Paul (and his brother Jake Paul), as well as KSI, remain well placed to cash in on the ongoing battles in and out of the ring.

Paul has also had a recent back and forward with Aussie grappler Grayson Waller @GraysonWWE ..but now it appears they are more mates than rivals. 'The Rock's @TheRock name also gets dropped on the Paul podcasts from time to time. These Paul's are heat and headline generators. Part of the name of the game, and they know it! It's a Win-Win-Win as society shows little in the way of loosing their primal instinct for a good old fashioned fight (with a dash of social media on top to boot).

Foxtel Group Becomes Exclusive Provider Of UFC Pay Per View Events In Australia

New Multi-Year Agreement Gives Foxtel and ayo Sports Subscribers Exclusive Access to Purchase UFC’s Biggest Events

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UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts organization, and Foxtel Group today announced a new multi-year agreement that will make Foxtel and Kayo Sports the exclusive distributor of all UFC Pay Per Views in Australia.

Starting in January 2024, all UFC Pay Per View events will be broadcast exclusively on Main Event on Foxtel and Kayo Sports, while Foxtel will also remain the exclusive UFC Commercial Pay Per View provider through its commercial arm Foxtel for Business. The agreement extends UFC’s long-standing relationship with Foxtel Group, which first began broadcasting UFC programming in 2008.

“I am excited that we are extending our broadcast partnership with Foxtel Group,” said UFC President, Dana White. “Foxtel and Kayo Sports are the best sports broadcasters in the country, and they have backed UFC in Australia since the beginning. Together, we will continue to grow UFC in Australia, and they will be the destination for the biggest and baddest fights we put on year-round. I can’t wait to get back to Sydney for UFC 293 this September. See you then Australia!”

Foxtel Group CEO, Patrick Delany, said: “For 15 years we have been bringing the biggest UFC fights to Australian audiences and this new agreement will extend and elevate that partnership on the cusp of a golden era for the sport. UFC boasts one of the youngest fan bases of any professional sport in the country and it’s exciting to continue our partnership with a brand that has such enormous growth potential – both at home and abroad. It’s the perfect match for our more than 3 million sports subscribers streaming on Kayo Sports and Foxtel.”

Following a three-year absence, UFC returned to Australia earlier this year in February with UFC 284: MAKHACHEV VS. VOLKANOVSKI at RAC Arena in Perth. The event recorded a gate of AUS $5.8M (USD $3.9M), making it the highest-grossing event ever for any arena in Australia. Ten fighters from Australia and New Zealand appeared on the card, including current UFC Featherweight Champion Alexander “The Great” Volkanovski, Jack Della Maddalena, Justin Tafa, Jimmy Crute, Joshua Culibao, and Jamie Mullarkey, highlighting the level of MMA talent in UFC from the region.

Following this hugely successful return, UFC will cement its commitment to the market with UFC 293 scheduled to take place on Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney on Sunday, September 10. The event will mark UFC’s first return to Sydney since 2017 and its first Pay Per View in Sydney since 2011. UFC’s return to Sydney is a result of its new partnership with the New South Wales (NSW) Government through its Tourism and Events agency Destination NSW and will be the first of three Pay-Per-View events to be held in Sydney over the next four years.

UFC’s popularity has soared since it was first broadcast in Australia in 2008. There are now more than 700 million UFC fans across the globe, including a total of 243 million followers across UFC’s social media channels. In Australia and New Zealand combined, UFC counts more than 4.3 million fans and 6 million social media followers and features one of the youngest fan bases of any professional sport in Australia, with 48% aged between 18-39.

Since 2010, UFC has presented 16 live events in Australia, including sold-out shows at Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena, Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena, Perth Arena, Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Adelaide Entertainment Centre and Gold Coast Convention Centre. These events have had a combined attendance of over 280,000 fans, with millions more watching on Pay Per View and broadcast television globally.

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