Something Weird Is Going on With Mark Zuckerberg and Saturday’s UFC Fight

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg can’t duck and weave the jabbing questions that he’s responsible for buying out the entire arena for a major UFC show this Saturday. The rolling speculation has even started to claim that the Z-man himself wants to hop into the Octagon and test his mettle against a live opponent.

The UFC announced earlier this week that they were restricting access to the Las Vegas UFC Apex facility for this Saturday’s UFC Fight Night. Mackenzie Dern, a women’s featherweight contender who is set to face Chinese MMA fighter Yan Xiaonan in this Saturday’s headline bout, told ESPN on Wednesday that “Mark Zuckerberg rented out the whole event.” She said she didn’t know if Zuck himself would be there in person or if the Meta CEO was playing the rich man’s card and getting his own private event, but Dern said it would be “very, very private.”

UFC President Dana White did not mince words trying to quash that rumor shortly after Dern made her comments.