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President-elect Donald Trump celebrated his election victory at the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in New York alongside Elon Musk and some of his cabinet picks.

He entered the arena to loud music and cheers from the UFC 309 crowd at Maddison Square Garden.

Donald Trump spent most of the night sat between UFC President Dana White and Tesla CEO Musk.

Two of Trump’s key cabinet picks, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard, plus Vivek Ramaswamy, who will lead Trump’s cost-cutting “Department of Government Efficiency” with Elon Musk, were also in the crowd.

Donald Trump enthusiastically greeted podcaster and UFC announcer Joe Rogan, who endorsed the president-elect after he appeared on his show before the election.

Trump waved to fans, who chanted “USA” as he walked to the octagon, before soaking in applause and dancing as the UFC played footage celebrating his election victory over Kamala Harris.

Jon Jones, who retained his heavyweight UFC title, then celebrated by heading over to greet Trump, handing the president-elect his title.

“I want to say a big thank you to President Donald Trump for being here tonight,” said Jon Jones, receiving a huge roar of approval from the crowd.

Donad Trump has been a long-time supporter of the UFC, attending many of its live events over the years.

He usually receives a warm welcome from fans, though he received some boos at a UFC event in 2019, towards the end of his first term as president.

Dana White has been one of Trump’s most high-profile backers.

The UFC president gave a speech at the Republican National Convention in July, saying: “I’m in the tough guy business and this man is the toughest, most resilient human being I have ever met in my entire life.”

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Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg  have agreed to fight each other in a cage match.

Elon Musk, who turns 52 later this month, posted a message on his social media platform Twitter that he was “up for a cage fight” with the boss of Facebook and Instagram parent compani Meta.

Mark Zuckerberg, 39, then posted a screenshot of Elon Musk’s tweet with the caption “send me location”.

Elon Musk then replied to Zuckerberg’s response with: “Vegas Octagon.”

The Octagon is the competition mat and fenced-in area used for Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) bouts. The UFC is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Elon Musk also tweeted: “I have this great move that I call “The Walrus”, where I just lie on top of my opponent & do nothing.”

He also tweeted: “I almost never work out, except for picking up my kids & throwing them in the air.”

Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg has already been training in mixed martial arts (MMA) and has recently won jiu-jitsu tournaments.

The exchanges have gone viral with social media users debating who would win the bout, while others have posted memes including mocked up posters advertising the fight.

Earlier this month, Meta showed staff plans for a text-based social network designed to compete with Twitter.

It could allow users to follow accounts they already follow on Instagram, Meta’s image-sharing app.

It could potentially allow the company to bring over followers from decentralised platforms such as Mastodon.

The text-based network – which has a working title of P92 – could turn out to be a greater rival to Elon Musk’s Twitter than either BlueSky or Mastodon.

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