Dana White Says Mark Zuckerberg Has Open Invite to Compete in New BJJ Promotion

Dana White‘s new BJJ group, UFC Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, may have a number of well-known faces at their occasions — however we’re not speaking about celebs within the crowd — however as a substitute large stars truly competing alongside among the greatest gamers on the planet!

White and Claudia Gadelha — MMA star turned UFC exec — chopped it up with Babcock this week … because the pair touted the brand new promotion and the TUF-like companion present on YouTube, “UFC BJJ: Highway to the Title.”

“[Mark] Zuckerberg has competed in tournaments. Mario Lopez competes in tournaments. Tom Hardy competes in tournaments. So, this can be a spot anyone may come and compete right here in jujitsu,” Dana stated, name-dropping three of the high-profile celebs who follow jiu-jitsu.

In reality, Dana, a Meta board member, instructed us he usually talks about preventing with Zuck … and he is not kidding when he says he may compete sooner or later.

“If Mark retains coaching and competing and no matter, he may actually come right here and struggle in UFC BJJ, 100%. Tom Hardy, Mario Lopez, and lots of, many different actors which are actually good jiu-jitsu guys that no person is aware of about. That may be completely superior!”

In fact, Zuckerberg started coaching throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, and has linked up with among the largest UFC stars on the planet, hitting the mats with the likes of Alex Volkanovski, Israel Adesanya, and others.

Zuck even competed in a native competitors in mid-2023, fairing fairly effectively in his matches.

Clearly, Dana’s new BJJ org. is an entire completely different ballgame … they have among the highest on the planet competing, so nobody’s suggesting Mark, Tom and/or Mario’s going to walk into the world when UFC BJJ 1 goes down on June 25!

Sooner or later? Who is aware of. DW makes it clear, in case you’ve obtained the prerequisite ability, anybody can get down.

Celebs apart, there is a bunch extra with Dana and Claudia … who discuss constructing the brand new UFC BJJ group, and the place they see it going.