Former Meta executive says Mark Zuckerberg wanted other Facebook leaders to train like MMA fighters with him

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top employee has revealed Mark Zuckerberg's ‘unusual’ executive mandate. An upcoming memoir by former head of global affairs at Meta, Nick Clegg, reveals an unusual and intense side of the Facebook co-founder, detailing how he encouraged his senior leaders to engage in mixed martial arts (MMA) training with him.“Mark’s commitment to MMA is so strong that he insisted one morning, during a management offsite, that some of his most senior executives join him for a training session,” Clegg writes in his new book.Clegg recounts his experience on the mat, where he found himself in a submission hold with his deputy, Joel Kaplan, in a move known as the "Domination Mount,” which he described as "too close for comfort."The Meta CEO's martial arts hobby became widely known after he began competing in Jiu-Jitsu tournaments. In the past, he has shared several photos of himself with various MMA fighters and shared the mat with some of them.

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