{"id":35593,"date":"2026-08-10T02:10:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T21:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=35593"},"modified":"2026-08-10T02:10:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T21:10:22","slug":"watch-mark-zuckerberg-brawls-with-ufc-star-merab-dvalishvili-on-a-lake-tahoe-barge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=35593","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Mark Zuckerberg Brawls With UFC Star Merab Dvalishvili On a Lake Tahoe Barge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5749618\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5749618\" class=\"wp-image-5749618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/08\/finalzu.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Zuckerberg fights UFC star Merab at Lake Tahoe\" width=\"798\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5749618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo credit: @Zuck on Instagram)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Let&#8217;s get ready to rumble&#8230; and maybe water ski, if no one gets hurt.<\/p>\n<p>Meta boss <strong>Mark Zuckerberg\u00a0<\/strong>went toe-to-toe with UFC star <strong>Merab Dvalishvili\u00a0<\/strong>for a few rounds on a giant barge on Lake Tahoe, complete with a referee and multiple camera guys and videographers on hand to document the big bout. Zuckerberg shared a video of their fight on his Instagram account on Sunday, with the clip starting off with Dvalishvili picking the tech exec up like a hefty sack of potatoes and tossing him into the frigid water.<\/p>\n<p>But the semi-brawny Zuckerberg didn&#8217;t look like a total <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=tomato+can\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tomato can. He got some shots and kicks in on Dvalishvili<\/a> \u2014 who is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/rankings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">top-ranked bantamweight challenger<\/a> and former UFC bantamweight champ \u2014 in the video, as well as took him to the ground a couple times.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF;border: 0;border-radius: 3px;margin: 1px;max-width: 540px;min-width: 326px;padding: 0;width: calc(100% - 2px)\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Db05bIGR9bF\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px\">\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;align-items: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block;height: 50px;margin: 0 auto 12px;width: 50px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 550;line-height: 18px\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex;flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 17px;margin-bottom: 0;margin-top: 8px;overflow: hidden;padding: 8px 0 7px;text-align: center;white-space: nowrap\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd;font-family: Arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;line-height: 17px;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Db05bIGR9bF\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Mark Zuckerberg (@zuck)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dvalishvili appeared to be going easy on Zuckerberg, obviously, but there were a few moments where he showed him who was boss in the octagon \u2014 or on the barge, in this case. A few &#8220;fans&#8221; on boats were able to watch the fight, and Zuckerberg&#8217;s wife <strong>Priscilla Chan<\/strong> rowed up at one point on her kayak.<\/p>\n<p>She marveled, &#8220;Mark has no shirt on,&#8221; and her bare chested husband told her Dvalishvili insisted he go shirtless &#8220;because it looks more &#8216;fighter.&#8217;&#8221; Chan agreed.<\/p>\n<p>The two guys appeared to be good buds, with the ex-champ telling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/firstclass-groveling-explosive-book-details-musk-and-trump-mocking-bezos-and-zuckerberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zuckerberg<\/a> they should &#8220;do this every day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This was actually the second time the two have sparred, after they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bleacherreport\/video\/7584944548451831070\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">got in the ring<\/a> last December for a few rounds. Zuckerberg has been a big MMA fan for a few years now and has been seen at fights with UFC boss <strong>Dana White<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>His passion for fighting has helped remove some of the ultra-nerd stigma he was hit with after <em>The Social Network<\/em> was released in 2010, but the upcoming sequel looks like it will make Zuckerberg still look like a weak dweeb, based on the trailer.<\/p>\n<p>Zuckerberg&#8217;s video ended how it started, with Dvalishvili chucking him in the lake and jumping in after him.<\/p>\n<p>Watch above.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/sports\/watch-mark-zuckerberg-brawls-with-ufc-star-merab-dvalishvili-on-a-lake-tahoe-barge\/\">WATCH: Mark Zuckerberg Brawls With UFC Star Merab Dvalishvili On a Lake Tahoe Barge<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo credit: @Zuck on Instagram) Let&#8217;s get ready to rumble&#8230; and maybe water ski, if no one gets hurt. 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