Mark Zuckerberg's wife Priscilla Chan is fed up with his MMA obsession after he built a fighting cage in his backyard

Mark Zuckerberg (C) and wife Priscilla Chan (L), are seen in attendance with UFC president Dana White during the UFC Fight Night event in Las Vega, Nevada, on October 1, 2022.

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• Mark Zuckerberg is taking his MMA obsession to another level by building an octagon in his backyard.
• But his wife, Priscilla Chan, doesn't appear too happy, a WhatsApp conversation he shared reveals.
• "I have been working on that grass for two years," Chan responded.

Mark Zuckerberg has built an octagon fighting ring in his backyard but his wife, Priscilla Chan, doesn't seem thrilled.

In an Instagram post on Wednesday, Zuckerberg revealed a WhatsApp message exchange between the couple in which the Meta CEO told his wife: "Did you see the octagon I put in the backyard?" 

"Yes, I saw it," she responded.

To which Zuckerberg said: "It looks awesome," and then added: "We have plenty of yard space!" 

But Chan appears to disagree, bluntly responding: "I have been working on that grass for two years."

Zuckerberg posted the exchange alongside a poll with the question: "What's the Play?" with the options "Keep the octagon" or "Save the grass."

You can see the text exchange here. An Octagon is a fighting cage containing eight sides, which is typically used for mixed martial arts fights. 

Mark Zuckerberg teased a training session with UFC legends, Isreal Adesanya and Alex Volkanovksi.

Mark Zuckerberg

Zuckerberg has become quite the MMA machine himself after taking up the sport during the COVID-19 pandemic, he previously said.

The 39-year-old has been competing in — and winning — multiple jiu-jitsu tournaments and has been coached by some of the sport's biggest pros, including Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Dave Camarillo.

Zuckerberg – or shredded Zuck — has also previously expressed interest in fighting Elon Musk after the billionaire owner of X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) joked in June that he would be "up for a cage match" to settle their 7-year-old beef in the ring.

Then Zuckerberg responded to Musk's challenge by writing three words on an Instagram Story: "Send Me Location."

In July, Musk tweeted: "Zuck is cuck. I propose a literal dick-measuring contest."

But according to a recent transcript of an internal meeting at Meta, obtained by Gizmodo, Zuckerberg might have changed his mind, seeming less keen on a fight with his tech world nemesis.

When asked by an employee whether the cage match will go on, the CEO responded: "I don't know. I don't have any kind of official update on this."

"I mean, as you all know, I love fighting ... I would love to do an MMA competition at some point. I wasn't expecting this to be the one that I did. I'm not sure if it's going to come together, but I just think that it's a great sport overall," he added.

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