Facebook founder and Meta Platforms CEO, Mark Zukerberg, shared a video of himself in the gym training. The billionaire looked pretty comfortable on the mats and UFC fighters took notice.
Zuckerberg was putting in work with ‘training partner’ Khai Wu, a 6-4 fighter who competed on Urijah Faber’s A1 Combat 5 on Saturday. He dropped a unanimous decision to Joshua Dillon.
“One of my training partners, @khaiwu, is making his @ufcfightpass debut tonight . Go get it Khai and looking forward to a great fight,” Zuckerberg wrote.
Several UFC fighters weighed in on Zuckerberg’s training footage, including current and former champions. Check out some of the reactions.
Conor McGregor: “Yo!!! F****** awesome Mark!”
Alexander Volkanovski: “Looking the goods”
Cody Garbrandt: “Okay!!!! Respect to you”
Chris Weidman: “pretty awesome!”
Gilbert Burns: “That’s dope”
Sean O’Malley: “Damnnn!! love seeing this.”
Urijah Faber: “The Triple Threat (accompanied by brain, fist, and money bag emojis)”
Joe Lauzon: “This is awesome.”
Joe Rogan is clearly impressed by Mark Zuckerberg’s MMA skills.
The Facebook founder shared an Instagram video of his recent training session with Khai “The Shadow” Wu—a 27-year-old fighter who will compete at Urijah Faber’s A1 Combat 5 on Saturday night.
“One of my training partners, @khaiwu, is making his debut on @ufcfightpass tonight,” Zuckerberg captioned the post. “Looking forward to a great fight.”
The clip shows the tech billionaire trading shots and kicks with Wu before going for a half guard and securing both an arm-bar and triangle choke. Instagram users and a number of MMA figures immediately praised him for his surprisingly clean performance. Even Rogan, one of MMA’s most prominent commentators, had to give Zuck his props.
“This is great! I’m so happy to see this,” the popular podcaster commented. “Training looks solid too!”
During a recent episode of the Joe Rogan Experience, Zuckerberg spoke about his newfound passion for mixed martial arts, which he began exploring during the pandemic.
“I basically collected a bunch of recommendations, ran them by a bunch of people that I know,” Zuckerberg said. “I ended up training with this guy Dave Camarillo, (from) Gorilla Jiu Jitsu. He’s awesome, super nice guy. I feel like I’m learning a ton.”