From boardrooms to the cage, these billionaires have flirted with the MMA world through training, investments, or viral callouts.
Here’s our ranked rundown.
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1. Mark Zuckerberg 4/5
- Net Worth: $184B+
- MMA Involvement: Competes in BJJ; trains with UFC fighters
- Fight Hype: 🥋🥋🥋🥋🥋
- Combat Readiness: 🥊🥊🥊🥊
Zuck’s no joke on the mat. He’s won medals in BJJ and spars regularly. Could possibly pull off a submission on live stream.
2. Elon Musk 2/5
- Net Worth: $369B+
- MMA Involvement: Publicly challenged Zuckerberg to a fight
- Fight Hype: 🥋🥋🥋🥋🥋
- Combat Readiness: 🥊🥊
Big hype, little training (as far as we know). If tweets won fights, he’d be 50-0.
3. Peter Thiel 2/5
- Net Worth: $17B+
- MMA Involvement: Rumored combat sport investor
- Fight Hype: 🥋🥋
- Combat Readiness: 🥊🥊
The Palantir founder prefers the shadows. Might be training in a secret dojo—we’ll never know.
4. Jeff Bezos 3/5
- Net Worth: $199B+
- MMA Involvement: None publicly, but looks the part
- Fight Hype: 🥋🥋🥋
- Combat Readiness: 🥊🥊🥊
He’s built like an action figure and could probably take a punch, but he’s staying cage-adjacent… for now.
5. Joe Rogan 5/5 (Honorable Mention)
- Net Worth: ~$200M+
- MMA Involvement: Deeply involved as UFC commentator
- Fight Hype: 🥋🥋🥋🥋🥋
- Combat Readiness: 🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊
Not a billionaire (yet), but he could easily tap out half the rich list in under 2 minutes.
6. Dana White 3/5
- Net Worth: ~$500M+
- MMA Involvement: Built the UFC empire
- Fight Hype: 🥋🥋🥋🥋
- Combat Readiness: 🥊🥊🥊
More boss than brawler. Dana might not step into the cage, but he owns it.
7. Richard Branson 2/5
- Net Worth: $2.8B+
- MMA Involvement: None—but we like to imagine
- Fight Hype: 🥋🥋
- Combat Readiness: 🥊🥊
He’s wrestled space travel and tropical islands. Surely he could handle a few leg kicks, right?
8. Larry Ellison 2/5
- Net Worth: $169B+
- MMA Involvement: Owns a Hawaiian island—could host billionaire fight night
- Fight Hype: 🥋🥋
- Combat Readiness: 🥊🥊
Not a fighter, but if MMA ever needs an island venue for an exclusive billionaire rumble, Ellison’s got it covered.
9. Michael Bloomberg 1/5
- Net Worth: $104B+
- MMA Involvement: Zilch
- Fight Hype: 🥋
- Combat Readiness: 🥊
We’re putting him in the featherweight fantasy league. Only if he wears a suit into the cage.
10. Bill Gates 1/5
- Net Worth: $108B+
- MMA Involvement: None, but let’s pretend
- Fight Hype: 🥋
- Combat Readiness: 🥊
If Gates enters the octagon, it’s probably to deliver vaccines. Still, a nerdy chessmaster-style fighter could be fun to watch.
🏁 Final Thoughts:
Whether they’re dead serious or just meme material, these billionaires keep MMA fans talking. If the Billionaire Fight League ever becomes real, we’ll be ringside with popcorn and a very expensive pay-per-view subscription.
