Famous Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter Drake succeeded $2.7million after Israel Adesanya knocked out Alex Pereira at UFC 287 to gain back the middleweight title,
Yabaleftonline reports.
Adesanya gained back the title with a second round knockout just five months after he lost it to Pereira, who has formerly beaten him twice in kickboxing.
Drake lost $1.6million after supporting Adesanya to win that fight but he made a comeback for the rapper in his refight with Pereira on Saturday night in Miami.
Drake staked a $500,000 bet on Adesanya to win, which returned $885,000 and a $400,000 bet for him to win by knockout, which yielded a tremendous $1.8million.
And when asked about Drake’s bet after his fight, Adesanya replied: “Shoutout to everyone that bet on me, but you have to realise that when I step into the octagon, I put my life on the line.
That’s the biggest parlay you can ever do. I’m a Betting man too so shoutout to the stake, we are about to make another deal and get more money.”
Drake gained notoriety for his UFC bets when he backed Masvidal to beat Colby Covington in their grudge fight last March, but the rapper lost $275,000 in the contest.
His bad luck continued just months later when Justin Gaethje was choked out by Charles Oliveira in their lightweight title clash, with Gaethje’s loss costing Drake $400,000.
The 35-year-old broke his poor run by winning $1m when Adesanya beat Jared Cannonier in their title fight last July.
