{"id":119169,"date":"2025-09-04T21:12:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T21:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/119169\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T21:12:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T21:12:06","slug":"mark-zuckerberg-insisted-i-attend-mma-training-ex-meta-exec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/119169\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Zuckerberg Insisted I Attend MMA Training: Ex-Meta Exec"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark Zuckerberg loves MMA so much that he’s rented out<\/a> entire arenas, sparred on a barge<\/a>, had major surgery<\/a> to fix a fighting injury, won medals<\/a>, and built a “backyard” octagon at his Ko’olau Ranch compound in Hawaii. And according to a new book<\/a> by the former president of global affairs at Meta, Zuckerberg even asked some company leaders to get on the mat.<\/p>\n

“Mark’s commitment to MMA is so strong that he insisted one morning, during a management offsite, that some of his most senior executives join him for a training session,” wrote Nick Clegg in his soon-to-be-released book, How to Save the Internet (Penguin; November 11, 2025).<\/p>\n

Related: Mark Zuckerberg’s Daily Routine: The Schedule of the Meta CEO Who Wears the Same Thing Every Day and Trains with MMA Fighters<\/a><\/p>\n

Fast Company reports<\/a> that, in the book, Clegg details one particularly uncomfortable-sounding scene, when he is being straddled on the mat by a colleague in a “Domination Mount<\/a>” maneuver.<\/p>\n

Clegg wrote it was “too close for comfort,” the outlet notes.<\/p>\n

Meta investors have been warned in official filings<\/a> that Zuckerberg and other members of management participate “in various high-risk activities, such as combat sports, extreme sports, and recreational aviation, which carry the risk of serious injury and death.”<\/p>\n

The book also looks at the future of AI and how social media has changed the world, but as Semafor reports<\/a>, if you’re looking for a tell-all about the inner workings of Meta, this is not it.<\/p>\n

Related: ‘I Love This Sport’: Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Enters Into ‘Massive Partnership’ With UFC<\/a><\/p>\n

Mark Zuckerberg loves MMA so much that he’s rented out<\/a> entire arenas, sparred on a barge<\/a>, had major surgery<\/a> to fix a fighting injury, won medals<\/a>, and built a “backyard” octagon at his Ko’olau Ranch compound in Hawaii. And according to a new book<\/a> by the former president of global affairs at Meta, Zuckerberg even asked some company leaders to get on the mat.<\/p>\n

“Mark’s commitment to MMA is so strong that he insisted one morning, during a management offsite, that some of his most senior executives join him for a training session,” wrote Nick Clegg in his soon-to-be-released book, How to Save the Internet (Penguin; November 11, 2025).<\/p>\n

Related: Mark Zuckerberg’s Daily Routine: The Schedule of the Meta CEO Who Wears the Same Thing Every Day and Trains with MMA Fighters<\/a><\/p>\n

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