Mark Zuckerberg’s love affair with MMA continued when he sat in the front row at UFC 320.
The Facebook billionaire has been one of the sport’s most famous fans for the past five years.
Mark Zuckerberg spent some time backstage with Alex Pereira before his quick KO win over Magomed Ankalaev in the main event.
But, for the most part, the tech mogul kept a relativelylow profile at UFC 320 on Saturday night.
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Mark Zuckerberg’s cageside meeting with UFC 320 winner
9-0 Joo Sang Yoo entered his second UFC fight full of confidence after debuting with a spectacular knockout win at UFC 316 in June.
The Korean featherweight showboated for most of the first round of his fight with Daniel Santos, who made him pay at the start of round 2.
‘Willycat’ left Yoo face-down on the floor after landing a massive left hook and follow-up strikes.
Fans claimed we had just witnessed a ‘fraud check’ on the UFC’s first pay-per-view card in six weeks.
Clearly excited by the epic KO, Mark Zuckerberg jumped out of his seat to congratulate Santos.
Cageside footage shows the Meta boss sharing a hug and chatting with the 13-2 145lb fighter.
Daniel Santos explains his friendship with Mark Zuckerberg
Daniel Santos revealed that he and Mark Zuckerberg go way back during his post-fight press conference.
“That’s actually normal,” the UFC 320 star said about their cageside conversation.
“We’ve had a friendship for three years. He watched one of my fights, we’ve been DM’ing ever since.
“I mean, it was very common. Not everyday basis, but it was very common. Like, Christmas, happy birthdays, his daughter was born, and I was texting him about it. My daughter was born, and we were texting about that as well.
“He came into the locker room before, and he gave me a gift. And he was there afterwards, so it was very common.
“We are always DM’ing each other, so it’s very cool to have him.”