Canadian rapper and superstar drake lost over half a million dollars this weekend with bets at UFC 278.
He first placed a wager on José Aldo at as he returned to bantamweight and faced contender Merab Dvalishvili. After losing a whopping $270k on that bout, Drake then decided to place a bet on Kamaru Usma, hoping that he would defeat Leon Edwards.
Clearly, both predictions were way off. Usman went into the fight as the fancied chance with the bookmakers with few giving Edwards much of a hope of winning the belt off the previously invincible UFC titan.
Drake inspired the ‘Drake Curse’ moniker after showing up to several sports events throughout the years wearing the losing team’s shirt.
This weekend, fans were quick to make fun of him once more after he flaunted the bets he had placed beforehand through his social media channels.
Rapper Drake is certainly known these days for putting the odd bet on a UFC fight, usually for eye-watering amounts.
Drake’s first public bet came back in March when he staked an incredible £232,000 ($275,000) on Jorge Masvidal to beat Colby Covington, but Covington resoundingly beat his competitor.
Two months later, the rapper elected to bet on an outsider, putting down £338,000 ($400,000) on Justin Gaethje beating Charles Oliveira at UFC 274. Gaethje eventually lost the fight in the first round.
Meanwhile, Conor McGregor mocked the Nigerian rival Kamaru after his shock defeat. Writing on social media after the bout, McGregor mocked Kamaru for his defeat and said that the Nigerian-American fighter had ‘leaned into his own death.
“Not even a relatively high kick. Fully leaned into his own death. One leaned his way to victory. Another leaned his way to death. Crazy sport, I love!” he wrote.
Kamaru was on the receiving end of a brutal kick from Edwards, who avenged his 2015 defeat to the fighter.
