Mark Zuckerberg CEO of Facebook at a company announcement event.
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With a fortune of $ 89 billion, according to Forbes magazine. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerbeg was heavily criticized for allegedly purchasing all tickets for the UFC Vegas 61 event, which was held in the first week of this month, specifically on October 1st. Before the fighting, it was known that there would be no ticket sales or media presence. The assistance of the tycoon and his wife Priscilla Chan (passionate about this sport) was confirmed thanks to the photographs on the official UFC Twitter account.
Videos have circulated on social networks in which Chan is the star of the show sitting next to Zuckerberg in the front row. All thanks to the reactions he had when he saw the violence of the fight between Brazilian Raoni Barcelos and American Trevin Jones up close. In the audiovisual material it is possible to perceive how he leans back and covers his face in a clear sign of horror for what was happening in the octagon.
Unfavorable reactions against the tycoon
Zuckerberg’s action of renting the event for himself, his wife and friends was confirmed by fighter Mackenzie Dern at a press conference. “I know Mark has rented everything and will be there.”
Although this claim would later be disproved by UFC president, Dana White. “Zuckerberg hasn’t rented UFC Apex, it doesn’t make sense,” he wrote on his Twitter account.
The avalanche of criticism from UFC fighters has been constant on social networks and some like Al Iaquinta have assured that “the best thing about UFC events is seeing how the public goes crazy,” he wrote to tag the Facebook CEO later in a tweet and ask him if he really rented UFC Apex.
