Shredded Zuck's ACL recovery threatens his budding MMA career

• Mark Zuckerberg said he won't be fighting for 9 months while he recovers from surgery.
• He tore his ACL in November while fighting and is currently in rehab.

Mark Zuckerberg is not sparring anytime soon.

The fighter and Meta CEO updated the world on his fighting career in an Instagram post on Friday, saying it could take up to 9 months until his ACL heals following his surgery last month.

"Taking the time to do this well and come back stronger," Zuckerberg wrote on his Instagram, shrugging while wearing a shirt with the phrase "Just a scratch."

On November 3, Zuckerberg let the world know that he tore his ACL while fighting, delaying a competitive — but mysterious — MMA fight he said he had planned for early next year.

In an Instagram post of him in a hospital bed alongside his wife, Priscilla Chan, Zuckerberg said he had surgery to replace his ACL — a ligament connecting the thigh bone to the shin bone that can cause immense pain and loss of mobility when injured. He also said at the time that he was definitely still going to do that MMA fight he was planning to do.

Over the past few years, Zuckerberg — or shredded Zuck for those paying attention — has transformed himself from a pale tech CEO to a pale tech CEO with abs. Now, he does competitive jiu-jitsu and punches MMA fighters on floating barges set to "Mission: Impossible" audio clips.

At one point this year, the hobby fighter caught the attention of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who challenged him to a cage match. That duel hasn't happened, but it might: In October, Musk told podcasting luminary and once avid racial slur user Joe Rogan that he would still be open to fighting Zuck.

Hopefully, Musk won't try to weasel out this time.