Mark Zuckerberg has accused Elon Musk of not being critical concerning the pair having a cage combat - and says it's time to "move on" from the saga.

The Facebook founder stated his tech billionaire counterpart didn't seem to need to undergo with the highly-anticipated conflict after failing to even agree on a date.

It comes following months of back-and-forth between the pair ever since Musk, 52, first instructed the thought - just for Zuckerberg, 39, to unexpectedly respond that he was prepared to battle his rival.

But doubts have been raised if Musk is prepared to undergo with the bout after claiming final week that he might should delay it as a result of he is perhaps having again surgical procedure.

He then requested a observe combat first.

But on Sunday Zuckerberg instructed he had now given up hope of the combat ever taking place.

He wrote on his social community web site Threads: "I think we can all agree Elon isn't serious and it's time to move on.

"I provided an actual date. [Ultimate Fighting Championship president] Dana White provided to make this a legit competitors for charity.

"Elon won't confirm a date, then says he needs surgery, and now asks to do a practice round in my backyard instead."

He added: "If Elon ever gets serious about a real date and official event, he knows how to reach me. Otherwise, time to move on. I'm going to focus on competing with people who take the sport seriously."

Earlier on Sunday, Musk posted a screenshot on his social media web site X, formerly known as Twitter, of a textual content dialog between the 2 males.

According to the put up, Mr Zuckerberg wrote: "If you still want to do a real MMA [mixed martial arts] fight, then you should train on your own and let me know when you're ready to compete.

"I do not need to hold hyping one thing that can by no means occur, so it is best to both resolve you are going to do that and do it quickly, or we should always transfer on."

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Mr Musk replied: "I can be in Palo Alto on Monday. Let's combat in your Octagon".

"I've not been training a lot... whereas I feel it is extremely unlikely, given our dimension distinction, maybe you're a modern-day Bruce Lee and can one way or the other win."

Last week Mr Musk instructed the deliberate cage combat might take place in an "epic location" and claimed he had been in talks with the Italian authorities about internet hosting the occasion.

But Zuckerberg responded by saying he was "not holding his breath".

He added: "I love this sport and I've been ready to fight since the day Elon challenged me.

"If he ever agrees on an precise date, you will hear it from me. Until then, please assume something he says has not been agreed on."