Billionaire and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is not solely preventing trolls on the web nowadays.
The tech mogul took to Instagram to indicate that he had competed in his first jiu-jitsu event and took residence each gold and silver medals.
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“Competed in my first jiu jitsu event and received some medals for the Guerrilla Jiu Jitsu group,” he penned alongside a collection of pictures and movies from the event, thanking his coaching group for serving to him meet his purpose.
The event passed off within the Bay Space at Woodside Excessive College in Woodside, California on Saturday, Could 6.
One among Mark Zuckerberg’s BJJ matches pic.twitter.com/CnNdlhXtJl
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) Could 8, 2023
Zuckerberg first revealed his curiosity in blended martial arts on “The Joe Rogan Expertise” final August, telling Rogan that he had picked it up in the course of the pandemic as a strategy to realign his focus and get bodily for the day.
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“MMA is the right factor,” the billionaire mentioned on the podcast. “After an hour or two of understanding, or rolling or wrestling with pals, or coaching with completely different of us, it is like now I am able to go clear up no matter drawback at work for the day.”
A month later, one among his trainers instructed The Info that he had been working with Zuck one-on-one to assist develop his skillset and sharpen his position as a fighter.
“You’d by no means count on these guys to have the ability to take you down. Subsequent factor you understand, they’re attacking you with these extraordinarily technical strikes,” mentioned Khai Wu, Zuckerberg’s coach on the Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu Academy in San Jose, on the time. “You do not know this nerd is a silent killer.”
In October 2022, Zuckerberg took his love for the game one step additional by privately renting out the UFC APEX enviornment in Las Vegas to observe the match between feminine fighters Yan Xiaonan and Mackenzie Dern.
Zuckerberg’s internet price was an estimated $85.3 billion as of Monday afternoon.
