Elon Musk and 'jacked' Mark Zuckerberg are great role models, Marc Andreessen says — and kids should learn to fight like the MMA-loving CEOs

• Marc Andreessen wrote that Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, who have embraced physical fighting, are good role models.

• The VC billionaire, who is trained in martial arts, argued that MMA teaches kids self respect.

• Earlier this week, Andreessen said he supports the Tesla and Meta CEOs facing off in a cage match.

Tech moguls Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg may not just be inspiring to wannabe tech bros and billionaires.

In a Substack post titled "FIGHTING," Marc Andreessen, the legendary venture capital investor who poured hundreds of millions of dollars into companies like Facebook and Twitter during their early days, shared his thoughts on the highly anticipated cage fight between Musk and Zuckerberg.

The post expanded on a panel discussion at the Sun Valley conference, where he was asked if the CEOs of Tesla and Meta can be seen as role models for kids given "their embrace of fighting."

"I said, enthusiastically, yes," Andreessen wrote in his blog post.

Andreessen said that mixed martial arts, in which both he and his wife are trained, teaches children how to fight; he also believes the sport helps kids learn values like "discipline, emotional control, respect, and a deep sense of responsibility."

"The message to kids is not, this is how you beat people up," he wrote. "The message is, this is how you protect yourself – and as important, this is how you protect your family, your friends, your community."