By AJ Dellinger Published January 9, 2025 | Comments (0) | Mark Zuckerberg with his fist raised at a UFC event, taken from behind the cage Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg is itching for a fight. Markwayne Mullin, a Republican Senator from Oklahoma, revealed that the Facebook founder has invited him to spar multiple times while talking to human cringe factory Benny Johnson during an appearance on The Benny Show. Mark has actually reached out to me, texted me a couple times. The guys gotten into jujitsu real heavy, he wants me to come down there and roll with him, Mullin said. He wants to train, he actually wants to get in the cage and fight. He said, Id love for you to come down and spar with me sometime. I think thatd be great to go down there and do that. Mullin is no stranger to fights, its just that he tends to be the one issuing the challenge. He made headlines back in 2023 when he challenged Sean OBrien, the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, to fight on the floor of Congress over some critical tweets that OBrien had made about him. The whole thing devolved into a yelling match with a whole lot of posturing and no actual fisticuffs, which seems like its about the speed Mullin is most comfortable operating these days.There is some fight in Mullins pasthe registered a 3-0 record in three matches in the Xtreme Fighting League, a local fighting circuit in Oklahoma. But he hasnt been in the octagon for an official match since 2007.Zuck, meanwhile, has been building up his fighting resume for a couple of years. He reportedly picked up Brazilian jiu-jitsu sometime around 2022, getting professional training from UFC stars. The tech exec netted a medal in the first tournament he appeared in, then famously got challenged to a cage match by Elon Musk. Sadly, that never came to fruition because as soon as Zuck told Musk to drop a pin and knuckle up, Twitters owner issued a series of the saddest cop-outs committed to the internet, including having his mom intervene for him. While Zuckerberg tore his ACL sparring shortly after the online kerfuffle, hes apparently recovered and ready to get back in the ring. Hes so all-in on his MMA era that he added UFC head Dana White to Facebooks board. So sure, why not challenge a Senator with a history in the ring to throw down? If nothing else, it signals Zucks full right-wing turn. Hes been buddying up to Trump for months and, per Mullin, even met with the President-elect before announcing that Facebook would do away with fact-checkinga feature that Trump notoriously railed against.If Zuckerberg shows up at the next Meta keynote with a black eye, well know how his match with Mullin turned out, but at least he can claim victory on Facebook and no one can fact-check him.Daily NewsletterYou May Also Like By Lucas Ropek Published January 9, 2025 By James Whitbrook Published January 8, 2025 By Lucas Ropek Published January 7, 2025 By Matthew Gault Published January 7, 2025 By Matthew Gault Published January 6, 2025 By Lucas Ropek Published January 6, 2025