Mark Zuckerberg tears ACL while training for MMA battle early next year

Mark Zuckerberg’s most current martial arts sparring session sent him to the operating room.

The Meta Platforms CEO and combined martial arts lover published on social networks on Friday that he tore among his anterior cruciate ligaments, or ACLs, while training for a battle early next year.

An image he published on Instagram reveals the tech billionaire depending on a health center bed with his left knee raised, bandaged and healthy with a brace.

” Tore my ACL sparring and simply left surgical treatment to change it, “Zuckerberg published on Instagram.”Grateful for the medical professionals and group looking after me. I was training for a competitive MMA battle early next year, now that’s postponed a bit. Still eagerly anticipating doing it after I recuperate. Thanks to everybody for the love and assistance.”

Menlo Park, California-based Meta did not right away return an e-mail looking for remark Saturday.

Zuckerberg, who in May finished his very first jiu jitsu competition, has actually formerly published updates on his martial arts training. A couple of weeks earlier, he shared a close-up picture of his face on Instagram revealing bruising on the bridge of his nose and under his eyes, which he credited to sparring that got “a little out of hand.”

The Facebook creator and Elon Musk got headings this summer season after the 2 tech magnates apparently accepted an in-person face-off in late June.

Musk and Zuckerberg sustained interest in the prospective match through online jabs at one another, with Musk at one point promoting how he was training by raising weights. In Aug