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Harry Davies

UFC boss Dana White denies Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg is "gimmick fight"

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UFC boss Dana White has fired back at fans who have labelled Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg a "gimmick fight".

A fantasy fight between Musk and Zuckerberg is now seemingly a possibility after the pair agreed to a cage fight last week. Musk initially proposed the idea online and Zuckerberg was quick to welcome the offer, which led to White spending 90 minutes on the phone with the tech bosses to discuss the fight.

Fans were quick to point out recent comments made by White in which he shut down "gimmick fights" taking place in the UFC. The UFC boss insisted he used the term "gimmick" for crossover fights between boxers and MMA fighters, as he told one fan: "This isn't a gimmick fight. Gimmick is MMA guys going to boxing and getting beat.

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