Mark Zuckerberg In Alex Volkanovski’s Corner At UFC 298, Share Pre-Fight Hug

Mark Zuckerberg could also be value $160+ billion, however he is not above working a weekend facet gig … the Facebook founder spent Saturday evening cornering Alex Volkanovski for his title combat at UFC 298!

Well, a minimum of till the punches began flying.

Zuck and Volk’s relationship is not a secret — they’re buddies — the blokes have frolicked/educated collectively a number of occasions since MZ obtained into Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu a few years in the past.

So, when the 35-year-old featherweight walked to the Octagon on the Honda Center in Anaheim for his foremost occasion scrap vs. Ilia Topuria, Zuckerberg, in full coach’s package, was standing with Alex’s staff ready for the fighter.

AV and MZ even shared a hug earlier than Volk stepped within the cage.

It then appeared Zuckerberg took an Octagon-side seat … and watched as a spectator, little question rooting for his buddy.

Unfortunately for the pair, the evening ended with an “and new” after Volkanovski was stopped by KO within the second spherical of the 145 lb title combat … and Topuria was topped the featherweight champion.

Mark watched the stoppage from simply ft away.

Zuckerberg was additionally entrance and middle earlier within the evening when Merab Dvalishvili threw opponent Henry Cejudo down in entrance of the FB CEO … and had a mid-round dialog with him, a lot to the amusement of Mark.

Saturday marks the closest Zuckerberg’s gotten to a cage since negotiations with rival Elon Musk broke down … a battle that at one time seemed like it could happen at The Colosseum.