• Elon Musk now needs a “noble” debate with Zuckerberg. 
• Musk stated on Sunday that he could must bear surgical procedure earlier than his proposed cage match versus Zuck.
• Now it looks like Musk’s comfortable with taking his mom Maye Musk’s suggestion to “combat with phrases solely.”

It appears like Elon Musk is attempting actually laborious to get out of his cage combat with Mark Zuckerberg. 

On Sunday, the billionaire stated his combat with Zuckerberg — if it occurs — can be live-streamed on his platform X, previously referred to as Twitter. However the identical day, Musk stated he wanted to get his neck and higher again examined earlier than fixing a date. 

“Might require surgical procedure earlier than the combat can occur. Will know this week,” Musk tweeted.

And now Musk is floating the thought of getting a “noble” debate with Zuckerberg as a substitute of throwing arms. TED curator Chris Anderson proposed having a “cage match DEBATE” between the 2 billionaires, and Musk appeared sport for it. 

“Here is a greater thought: a cage match DEBATE ‘Tips on how to Construct an Wonderful Future,'” Anderson tweeted on Tuesday.

Musk appeared to agree with the suggestion, tweeting {that a} debate “appears like a good suggestion too.”

“That is actually combating as (I consider) a noble sport,” Musk replied. “We additionally hope, with humility, to specific our admiration for individuals who have fought earlier than for noble causes.”

Anderson’s proposed different is just like what Musk’s mom beforehand instructed he do. Maye Musk tweeted in June that her son and Zuckerberg ought to “combat with phrases solely” as a substitute of beating one another up.

“A verbal combat solely. Three questions every. The funniest solutions win. Who agrees?” Maye Musk tweeted on June 23. 

Musk could not have taken his mom’s recommendation then, however he appears to be warming as much as the thought now, and for a superb purpose. Musk’s probabilities of beating Zuckerberg within the ring are slim, contemplating the latter’s MMA coaching and jiu-jitsu medals.

Musk, too, has been real looking about his odds of successful the combat.

“If the combat is brief, I in all probability win. If lengthy, he could win on endurance,” Musk tweeted on Sunday. 

Representatives for Musk at X didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from Insider despatched exterior common enterprise hours.