‘No way he threw a flying knee’ – Multi-billionaire Mark Zuckerberg drops training video with Alexander Volkanovski ahead of UFC 284
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has shocked the fans with his recent metaverse fight with UFC 284 star Alexander Volkanovski.
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Alexander Volkanovski trains with Mark Zuckerberg (Image Courtesy - Asian MMA/Daily Star)
Before stepping into the octagon with Islam Makhahcev, Alexander Volkanovski has decided to have a light training session with billionaire MMA fan, Mark Zuckerberg.
Fans got a little surprise from the Tech tycoon Mark Zuckerberg ahead of the blockbuster PPV event in Australia this weekend. On account of Alexander Volkanovski’s historical fight against Islam Makhachev at UFC 284, Zuckerberg has congratulated him on Instagram.
The Facebook founder dropped an amazing video of him training with ‘The Great’ last year at the Meta Headquarters. The video shows Volkanovski and Zuckerberg shooting to film a fight for the new Metaverse. Fans were stunned to see the video of the two training with each other.
Zuckerberg wrote, “Last year UFC #1 pound-for-pound fighter Alexander Volkanovski stopped by Meta HQ to train with me and for fun we tested the limits of our performance avatars with motion capture.” The ardent MMA fans also wished Alex the best of luck ahead of his huge battle.
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Fans react to Mark Zuckerberg vs Alexander Volkanovski in metaverse
This is not the first time MMA fans have come across training videos of the Facebook founder. Mark Zuckerberg announced himself to be a huge MMA fan last year and shocked the world. The billionaire went viral for his training clips and also for booking the entire UFC Apex for himself.
When ESPN MMA uploaded the Metaverse clip of Zuck and Volk, fans gave mixed reactions to this new collaboration. While some are excited to see how Metaverse could change the experience for fight fans, many are still not so sure about the idea.
Volk vs. Zuckerberg in VR ?
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) February 9, 2023
(via zuck/IG, @alexvolkanovski) pic.twitter.com/Ax4knpZeqe
Zuckerberg as the back up fighter
— Coffey (@virgocoffey) February 9, 2023
zuck threw a flying knee
— simply.jsp (@simplyjsp) February 9, 2023
I know too many people are natural born haters but this was pretty cool lol. Mark got some skills for a billionaire nerd
— . (@DerockTheGod) February 9, 2023
this video has literally nothing to do with vr lmao, they just motion captured it like any animation in the last 20 years
— faux rogan (@widefella) February 9, 2023
This was pretty cool, love the fact that Alex is getting all this attention. Zuck has been trainning man
— Miguel (@jawbreakermma) February 9, 2023
How often do you get to takedown a billionaire and get 2 points? #UFC284 $META pic.twitter.com/1umoyk35DK
— Eddie-web3 (@eddiejedi) February 9, 2023
Zuck can actually do a back handspring ???? I’m shocked .. that is a movement that takes legit athleticism ??
— honS (@R3gen3rat3d) February 10, 2023
Zuckerberg promoting Volkanovski might turn a lot of eyes toward the upcoming title fight. Alexander Volkanovski attempts to become the two-division champ while Islam Makhachev looks to become the #1 pound-for-pound fighter in the world.
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