The former undisputed featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski has made many friends outside of the UFC, which includes Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. They have even trained together in the past. Surprisingly, Zuckerberg decided to join Volkanovski in his corner for his fight against Ilia Topuria at UFC 298, leading fans to share their reactions on social media.

Mark Zuckerberg has been training in martial arts over the last few years. As such, he has formed connections with athletes from the fighting world. He has developed great relationships with UFC CEO Dana White and even former champions like Israel Adesanya and, of course, the aforementioned Alexander Volkanovski.

There is no doubt that the UFC is on the rise. As such, many celebrities often attend UFC events to witness some Octagon action. UFC 298 saw billionaire Mark Zuckerberg in attendance, supporting Alexander Volkanovksi. Furthermore, he joined ‘The Great’s coach and teammates to corner him in the main event.

However, the fight did not turn out in favor of ‘Volk’. He came into the fight as a favorite and had five successful title defenses prior to fighting Ilia Topuria. But the Georgian-Spaniard fulfilled his promise and knocked out Volkanovski with a combination, leaving the fans stunned. Although it was not an eventful night for Alexander Volkanovski, he must have been happy to see a personality as big as Mark Zuckerberg by his side. Moreover, many fans poured in their reactions after witnessing the Meta CEO in his corner. Let’s see what the fans had to say.

Was it surprising to see Mark Zuckerberg in Alexander Volkanovski’s corner? Fans react

The fans were fixated on the fights the UFC 298 card had to offer. As such, most fans did not notice Mark Zuckerberg’s presence during the event.

One fan mentioned that Mark Zuckerberg gave the same energy as David Goggins, who cornered Tony Ferguson at UFC 296.

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Meanwhile, one user on X wondered if Mark Zuckerberg had bought Dana White’s promotion.

Some fans believe that being a billionaire comes with a lot of perks and cornering a UFC fighter could be one of them.

They even compared Zuckerberg cornering Alexander Volkanovski with the movie ‘Foxcatcher‘.

One fan said:

However, some fans did not like seeing the Meta CEO by Alexander Volkanovski’s side.

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Mark Zuckerberg might have enjoyed being in attendance at UFC 298, but we can’t say the same for Alexander Volkanovski. It remains to be seen if the former champion can bounce back from the knockout, as Ilia Topuria is now the undisputed champion of the division that ‘The Great’ ruled for over four years.

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