Mark Zuckerberg has accused Elon Musk of not being severe in regards to the pair having a cage combat – and says it’s time to “transfer on” from the saga.

The Fb co-founder stated his tech billionaire counterpart didn’t seem to need to undergo with the highly-anticipated conflict after failing to even agree on a date.

It comes following months of back-and-forth between the pair ever since Musk, 52, first recommended the concept – just for Zuckerberg, 39, to unexpectedly respond that he was prepared to battle his rival.

However doubts have been raised if Musk is prepared to undergo with the bout after claiming final week that he could must delay it as a result of he could be having again surgical procedure.

He then requested a observe combat first.

However on Sunday Zuckerberg recommended he had now given up hope of the combat ever occurring.

He wrote on his social community website Threads: “I feel we are able to all agree Elon is not severe and it is time to transfer on.

“I supplied an actual date. [Ultimate Fighting Championship president] Dana White supplied to make this a legit competitors for charity.

“Elon will not affirm a date, then says he wants surgical procedure, and now asks to do a observe spherical in my yard as an alternative.”

He added: “If Elon ever will get severe about an actual date and official occasion, he is aware of the best way to attain me. In any other case, time to maneuver on. I’ll deal with competing with individuals who take the game severely.”

Earlier on Sunday, Musk posted a screenshot on his social media website X, formerly known as Twitter, of a textual content dialog between the 2 males.

In line with the submit, Mr Zuckerberg wrote: “When you nonetheless need to do an actual MMA [mixed martial arts] combat, then it is best to prepare by yourself and let me know while you’re able to compete.

“I do not need to preserve hyping one thing that can by no means occur, so it is best to both determine you are going to do that and do it quickly, or we must always transfer on.”

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Mr Musk replied: “I can be in Palo Alto on Monday. Let’s combat in your Octagon”.

“I’ve not been working towards a lot… whereas I feel it is vitally unlikely, given our dimension distinction, maybe you’re a modern-day Bruce Lee and can by some means win.”

Final week Mr Musk recommended the deliberate cage combat might take place in an “epic location” and claimed he had been in talks with the Italian authorities about internet hosting the occasion.

However Zuckerberg responded by saying he was “not holding his breath”.

He added: “I like this sport and I have been able to combat for the reason that day Elon challenged me.

“If he ever agrees on an precise date, you may hear it from me. Till then, please assume something he says has not been agreed on.”