Joe Rogan gets inside scoop on why UFC was dropped from sponsoring rumored Elon Musk vs. Mark Zuckerberg fight
Joe Rogan has got an inside scoop on why the UFC was dropped from sponsoring a potential fight between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.
For the past few months, there has been a constant conversation surrounding a potential cage fight between the two tech giants. The fight got global attention and even attracted UFC CEO Dana White who has been quite vocal about hosting the potential fight under his MMA promotion.
However, there have been no major developments as such and it looks like even if the fight does end up happening, it won't be under the biggest MMA promotion in the world. During a recent appearance on Joe Rogan's podcast, Elon Musk revealed why he doesn't intend to involve Dana White if the fight does take place.
Musk said that they're looking to fight at the historical Colosseum in Italy and don't want to have a lot of ads there:
“We don’t want to have tons of ads and UFC branding on the Colisseum because it’s a historical place.”
Who is headlining UFC's next pay-per-view?
The company's next pay-per-view is set to be headlined by a highly anticipated light-heavyweight championship bout between Jiri Prochazka and Alex Pereira
.However, it is worth noting that the initial headliners of the event were Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic but 'Bones' had to withdraw from the fight because of an injury. Instead of the scheduled heavyweight championship bout, UFC 295 will now see an interim heavyweight championship fight go down between Tom Aspinall and Sergei Pavlovich in the co-main event.
As far as the main event goes, Jiri Prochazka is returning to the octagon after more than a year. After winning the light heavyweight championship last year in June, he was forced to withdraw from his first title defense against Glover Teixeira in a highly anticipated rematch because of an injury.
On the flip side, Alex Pereira is set to compete for the light heavyweight championship after just one bout in the division. That said, it will be interesting to see who can get his hands on the vacant light heavyweight championship.