{"id":1593,"date":"2023-07-02T02:24:27","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T00:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=1593"},"modified":"2023-07-02T02:36:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T00:36:28","slug":"mark-zuckerberg-elon-musk-italian-government-offer-fight-like-true-gladiators-at-the-colosseum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=1593","title":{"rendered":"MARK ZUCKERBERG, ELON MUSK ITALIAN GOVERNMENT OFFER \u2026 Fight Like True Gladiators \u2026 At The Colosseum!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Culture\u2019s Office issued a statement saying, \u201cThere has been no formal contact from the ministry nor any written document, even if the news appears tasty it is unfounded.\u201d Sources with direct knowledge confirm again \u2026 the Ministry first reached out to Mark Zuckerberg, then the request was forwarded to Dana White, and there was a follow-up and a call was set for next week. The Ministry added, \u201cIf Zuckerberg and Musk wanted to perform in the Colosseum they would have to make a non-violent challenge.\u201d Our sources are scoffing at this, saying the Ministry reached out BECAUSE of the fight challenge.<br \/>\nThat\u2019s why Elon coyly mentioned the Colosseum in a tweet last night<\/p>\n<p>This will blow your mind \u2014 an official from the government of Italy contacted Mark Zuckerberg about staging a UFC fight against Elon Musk at the most legendary battleground in the world \u2026 Rome\u2019s Colosseum \u2026 TMZ Sports has learned.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/195b904c314b4534a607a00ab2b14294_md.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/195b904c314b4534a607a00ab2b14294_md.webp 728w, https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/195b904c314b4534a607a00ab2b14294_md-300x225.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><br \/>\nGetty<\/p>\n<p>Sources with direct knowledge tell us \u2026 the Minister of Culture reached out to Zuckerberg a few days ago about staging what could be the biggest fight in the history of the world in the most fabled fight theater in history.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some chance fight happens in Colosseum<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1674635153061330946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Our sources say both Elon and Mark would love for the fight to go down at the Colosseum.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/f0db51ffb4e143be8b3b0b39d6fc4e29_md.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/f0db51ffb4e143be8b3b0b39d6fc4e29_md.webp 728w, https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/f0db51ffb4e143be8b3b0b39d6fc4e29_md-300x225.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re told Zuckerberg\u2019s people passed on the message to UFC Prez Dana White, whose people contacted the Minister.<\/p>\n<p>The Rome Colosseum &#8212; Through The Years<\/p>\n<p>THE COLOSSEUM THROUGH THE YEARSLAUNCH GALLERY<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ea58c289e6084e489d0ac3f56ded326a_md.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ea58c289e6084e489d0ac3f56ded326a_md.webp 728w, https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ea58c289e6084e489d0ac3f56ded326a_md-300x225.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><br \/>\nGetty<\/p>\n<p>As for the venue itself \u2014 one of the 7 Wonders of the World \u2014 there have not been large events held inside the nearly 2,000-year-old amphitheater in hundreds of years, and only a few hundred spectators can be seated in temporary seating within the theater.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IT\u2019S ON\u2026.The Billionaire Fight: Elon Musk vs  Zuckerberg!\" width=\"820\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A6UdPY28PnY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sir Paul McCartney performed inside the Colosseum in 2003 for an exclusive charity show before 400 people who paid up to $1,500 \u2014 but other than that, all other concerts have been held just outside the structure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Culture\u2019s Office issued a statement saying, \u201cThere has been no formal contact from the ministry nor any written document, even if the news appears tasty it is unfounded.\u201d Sources with direct knowledge confirm again \u2026 the Ministry first reached out to Mark Zuckerberg, then the request was forwarded to Dana White, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1593"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1602,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1593\/revisions\/1602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}