Dust up in the desert: Elon Musk challenges Mark Zuckerberg to a cage fight

Twitter owner Elon Musk. Photo: Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Image

Hyunjoo Jin and Greg Bensinger

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Forget about famed boxing bouts like the Rumble in the Jungle or the Thrilla in Manila – billionaire social media moguls Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have been egging each other into a mixed martial arts cage match in Las Vegas.

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Dust up in the desert: Elon Musk challenges Mark Zuckerberg to a cage fight

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