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Mark Zuckerberg is rooting for Alex Volkanovski to take dwelling the gold towards Islam Makhachev at UFC 294.
On Saturday, Volakanovski is seeking to do the unthinkable by taking up Makhachev in a rematch on solely 11 days discover after Charles Oliveira pulled out of the battle on account of an harm.
Forward of the battle, Zuckerberg despatched Volk a shock video message that was proven to the UFC featherweight champion by Nina Drama throughout an interview posted on her YouTube web page.
“Hey Volk! Actually excited in your battle this weekend. Your final one was already top-of-the-line fights of the yr and this time, I’m wanting ahead to seeing you go on the market and cement your standing as one of many best of all time. Alright, good luck and have enjoyable on the market, man.”
Volk was appreciative of the love from Zuck forward of his huge battle.
“How good’s that. Not every single day you get a shout out from Mark Zuckerberg, eh? It’s fairly unimaginable. So uh, that’s legit. Now look, uh, clearly we be in contact anyway so he’s been nice however uh, that’s cool. We’re normally simply doing voice messages or messaging however to see him truly saying that, that’s cool. It’s cool. I respect that, thanks.”
The UFC champion additionally spoke about his expertise sparring with Zuck within the Metaverse whereas utilizing the Meta Quest 3 headset.
“After I was there, and we did that, he gave me the goggles and we had a boxing match… I used to be getting angles, and it truly felt like I used to be sparring… It was enjoyable, I acquired a correct exercise.”
Zuck went on to want Volkanovski luck in his Instagram story.
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Earlier this yr, Zuckerberg sparred with Volanovski, Israel Adesanya, and several other different MMA fighters at Metropolis kickboxing whereas coaching for his upcoming MMA battle.
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